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A documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi about the West Bank village of Bil'in and its resistance to the Israeli barrier. The film is structured around the destruction of Burnat's cameras and his family's story over five years of turmoil.
5 Broken Cameras (2011): Five Broken Cameras is an Oscar nominated and critically-acclaimed documentary film by Emad Burnat. Presented by POV, this powerful ...
- 86 min
- 30.6K
- Paper Trail Documentary
A documentary film by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi that chronicles the nonviolent struggle of a Palestinian farmer and his family against the Israeli army in Bil'in. The film shows the impact of the Israeli separation barrier on their land, their lives and their cameras, and the Oscar-nominated filmmaker's personal journey.
- (6.7K)
- Documentary, War
- Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
- 2011
Learn how Emad Burnat, an olive farmer and activist, and Guy Davidi, an Israeli filmmaker, collaborated to make a personal and powerful film about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the nonviolent resistance movement in Bil'in. Read their interview about their meeting, their process and their challenges.
Nominated for an Oscar®, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal first-hand account of life and nonviolent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village where Israel is...
5 Broken Cameras. Beginning in 2005, Palestinian Emad Burnet records his village's resistance to the encroachment of Israeli settlements. A remarkable feat of collaborative documentary...
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- Documentary, War
An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.
