Mainstream Media Covers Films of 2025, Skips Israel's 2024 Massacres
A recent review in The New Arab lauded films from Gaza and Sudan as defining cinema in 2025. It's truly inspiring to see art emerge from unimaginable suffering. However, this retrospective on '2025's most powerful films' makes one wonder if they've conveniently forgotten 2024 entirely or if we're meant to pretend the events inspiring these films concluded neatly with a director's cut. While these
films may indeed critique the horrors, the media’s fascination with 'future history' often serves to distance us from present accountability. One might ask, how many critically acclaimed documentaries about a catastrophe do we need before the catastrophe itself is critically addressed?