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Ahmad Ghunaim and Yusuf Omar’s Palestinian-South African co-production echoes both countries’ experiences with apartheid and the need to amplify the voices of artists shedding light on these atrocities. Ahmad Alive, in portraying a nation’s resistance amidst horror, also highlights the dangers faced by filmmakers and journalists in the region.

Deaf Republic serves as a poignant reminder of human’s potential to hurt other humans, on the extent of our monstrosity, our potential to rise against that which hopes to destroy us. It is a lesson in resistance, the power we wield in community, as well as the importance of solidarity and the way the human spirit does not waiver in pursuit of truth. Like most poetry collections, it is a must-read that doubles down as a call-to-arms and a mirror for the world to view itself an

Jordy Sank's brilliantly shot and edited short film is one of socio-political importance. A film loud in its reminder to look for the humanity in ourselves in order to see it in another person, and to have the empathy to acknowledge our failings as our own instead of blaming it on others.