Hit Him on the Head with a Hard Heavy Hammer(2023)

Hit Him on the Head with a Hard Heavy Hammer Synopsis

Hit Him on the Head with a Hard, Heavy Hammer departs from the handwritten memoir of the filmmaker’s father and his experience of displacement during wartime. Referring to the notion Thomas Hardy termed ‘The Self-Unseeing’ in his eponymous 1901 poem, the film returns to childhood and the matters that harden us: upbringing, social status, education, labour, and familial bonds. The memoir weaves into the film as both a contemplation on mortality and an illustration of fading memory, reflecting on how we pen our pasts and how they can be re-told.

Hit Him on the Head with a Hard Heavy Hammer (2023) is a documentary film directed by Rebecca Jane Arthur, released on September 9, 2023 with a runtime of 49m. Viewers rate it 4.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.