State & Barracks

State & Barracks

Fractured Reflections

Memory, Theft, and Refusal in Mirror Image

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Hossam el-Hamalawy
Jan 01, 2026
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At just eleven minutes, Mirror Image (2013 short documentary) carries an extraordinary historical and moral density. Directed by Danielle Schwartz, an Israeli documentary filmmaker, the film stages a deceptively simple family conversation that opens onto the unresolved violence of 1948. A large crystal mirror, taken from the Palestinian village of Zarnu…

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