Into the Darkness investigates allegations that torture is used systematically against Palestinians held in the Israeli prison system and military detention facilities.
Through powerful firsthand testimony, former detainees recount beatings, starvation, sexual violence, medical neglect and psychological abuse.
The film follows the stories of Mohammad Ibrahim, a Palestinian American arrested at the age of 15 for throwing stones, and a former detainee from Gaza whose harrowing testimony details extreme sexual violence. Their accounts reveal the human cost of a detention system that rights groups and former prisoners say operates with impunity.
Filmed across Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Tel Aviv, Florida and London, the documentary examines allegations that these practices are carried out under the authority of the Israeli military and Israeli officials, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
CREDITS:
Director, Producer, Correspondent: Hind Hassan
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Written by: Hind Hassan and Laila Al-Arian
Editor: Adrienne Haspel
Director of Photography & Lighting: Philip Pendlebury
Cinematographer: Ashraf Dowani
Production services – Gaza: Media Town
Gaza Crew
Producer: Ashraf Mashharawi
Director of Photography & Lighting: Hussien Jaber
Additional camera: Bilal Salem, Motasem Abu Aser, Hassona Aljerjawi
Production Assistants: Ahmed Mashharawi, Bilal Baradei
Interview Coordination: Ezz El-Din Al-Masri
Production manager: Hasan Mashharawi
Associate Producer and Fact Checking: Mehr Sher
Open-source Investigators: Forensic Architecture
Translation: Fatema Alhashemi
Additional Production Services: New Facts Ltd
U.S. Production Management: Anabelle Rojas
Intern: Noor Kareem
Sound Mix: Luke Rohwer, Linus Bergman
Colourist: Anna Stalter
Digital Producer: Riham Mansour
Archivists: Shelley Simpson, Mostafa Ebrahim
Legal Counsel: Antonia Foster
Special Thanks: Rafi Mustafa, Josh Rushing, Zeyad Kadur
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