Visibly invisible
Visibly Invisible is a documentary film by Hannah Henckel and My Abrahamsen, based on three months’ ethnographic fieldwork with student activists at Columbia University and Barnard College in the autumn of 2023. The film traces how protests for the liberation of Palestine – and against the university administration – escalated, while repression of their organizing intensified through institutional structures, media, police, and private actors. Tactics such as doxing were used to intimidate and delegitimize activists. To protect those involved, the filmmakers experiment with anonymization through reconstruction and animated filters. Visibly Invisible explores the complexities of masked activism and the many actors shaping both escalation and repression of political organizing.
2024 (25mins)
Director/filmmaker: My Abrahamsen, Hannah Henckel
Producer/production company: University of Copenhagen
Country of production: Denmark
Country/location of film: U.S.A.
Screening: 20.10 Wed 8th Oct at the Museum of Macedonia
Hannah Henckel and My Abrahamsen are visual anthropologists and feminist researchers trained at the University of Copenhagen and Barnard College in New York. Their collaborative practice bridges film, research and activism, exploring digital worlds, surveillance, militarization, affect and political mobilization. Through their work, they use filmmaking and the camera as tools to critically reflect on power, technology, and resistance.
NAFA 2025 