The horrors and miracles of the 25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival

“No director could re-create the horror of Gaza.” A woman says this in Hala Bou Saab’s 2025 documentary The Miracle of Gaza; the titular miracle is her daughter, Halmia, who, at six years old, was presumed dead following an Israeli air strike. She remained in the morgue for several hours and was even prepared for […] The post The horrors and miracles of the 25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival appeared first on Chicago Reader.