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'Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk' Review

Sepideh Farsi’s film presents a year in the life of a Palestinian photojournalist in Gaza, almost entirely shared via FaceTime calls.

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Christopher Campbell
Oct 30, 2025
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Sepideh Farsi’s Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is a difficult watch, and not just because it presents a year in the life of a Palestinian photographer and poet in Gaza amidst constant bombardment. The film’s aesthetic is unappealing. For nearly the entire two-hour runtime, the visuals mainly consist of Farsi’s cellphone in close-up as the filmmaker…

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