When topics feel too heavy to confront, the silver screen can be a catalyst for difficult conversations. At the University of Vermont’s Billings Library in Burlington, Kaouther Ben Hania’s powerful 2025 docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab uses real-life audio from an emergency phone call in Gaza to tell the story of volunteers working to save a 5-year-old girl trapped under fire by Israel Defense Forces. After the screening, UVM alum Jon Kilik — one of the film’s executive producers — sits down with assistant professor Milton Guillén for a candid conversation about the politics of Hollywood and what it takes to tell a story such as this.
