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

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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Video: Jordi Kuragari · Editing: Lea Volz & 365 Sherpas ·
Post-production: Simon Eichinger 


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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:
danielle@mirror-image.org


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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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