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5 Broken Cameras (2011)

5 Broken Cameras poster
Original title
Five Broken Cameras
Directed by
Guy Davidi, Emad Burnat
Genre
documentary film
Country
Palestine, France
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 102 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Palestinian farmer films his family and his village's nonviolent protests against the Israeli separation barrier over five years. The footage shows how the occupation reshapes his family's daily life and his own role as a witness.

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What happens

5 Broken Cameras (Arabic: خمس كاميرات محطمة, romanized: Khams Kamīrāt Muḥaṭṭamah; Hebrew: חמש מצלמות שבורות, romanized: Hamesh Matslemot Shvurot) is a 94-minute documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi. It was shown at film festivals in 2011 and placed in general release by Kino Lorber in 2012. 5 Broken Cameras is a first-hand account of protests in Bil'in, a West Bank village affected by the Israeli West Bank barrier. The documentary was shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son. In 2009 Israeli co-director Guy Davidi joined the project. Structured around the destruction of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of turmoil. The film won a 2012 Sundance Film Festival award, it won the Golden Apricot at the 2012 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Documentary Film, won the 2013 International Emmy Award, and was nominated for a 2013 Academy Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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