History, Language, Memory – Danielle Schwartz on her film "Mirror Image"

Episode von Über Israel und Palästina sprechen von Shai Hoffmann · 8. Mai 2026 · 1 h 21 min

In this episode, Shai speaks with Danielle Schwartz, an Israeli filmmaker, writer, and interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of cinema, research, and dialogical practice. She engages with memory, language, and contested histories.

Together they explore her award-winning documentary "Mirror Image" (2013), which captures an intimate conversation with her grandparents about a mirror taken from the Palestinian village of Zarnuqa in 1948. They discuss how history is negotiated in private spaces, why words like "Nakba" or "plundered" carry such weight, and how art and dialogue can hold contradictions without resolving them.

Danielle describes her approach as "a very Israeli film" – not about speaking the Palestinian story, but showing how difficult it is for Israelis to talk about 1948. Her current project "Witnessing '48" develops performative and dialogical formats for collective engagement.

Guest: Danielle SchwartzHost: Shai

Links:

https://aicf.org/artist/danielle-schwartz

https://luma.com/3sd3nsw9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmRp-_7ntR4

https://www.zegg.de/de/aktuelles/mirror-image-matinee-zu-den-wurzeln-des-israel-palaestina-konflikts

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About the film:

https://linktr.ee/mirror.image

Watch a short film segment:

https://vimeo.com/135460745?share=copy

Watch the film online:

https://dafilms.com/director/9834-danielle-schwartz

Contact Danielle Schwartz for educational licensing and organizing a public screening, presentations or workshop:

[email protected]

LinktreeMirror Image  | תמונת מראה | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

An intimate documentary about language, memory, and identityhttps://linktr.ee/mirror.imageVimeoMirror Image | Short Film Segment

Short film segment from:

Mirror Image | Short Documentary  by Danielle Schwartz

Israel | 11 min | 2013

dafilms.comDanielle Schwartz  - dafilms.com

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