5 Broken Cameras

Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi, 2011, 94′

In Arabic and Hebrew, with English subtitles

Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer from Bil’in, bought his first camera in 2005 at the birth of his fourth son. What starts as an attempt to capture nice family memories, slowly changes into a powerful report of a personal and collective conflict when Israelian evictions strike his village. Burnat documents the tension between villagers and Israelian soldiers and shows the impact of the Israelian oppression on Burnat’s family. While his family suffers under daily arrests and nightly raids, his cameras get damaged again and again through the violent outbursts around him. Despite threats and personal offers, he keeps filming. Burnat tells another part of his story with every new camera he purchases. 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a poignant portrait of courage and perseverance in times of big crisis.

Emad Burnat is a Palestinian farmer and filmmaker, known for the documentary 5 Broken Cameras (2011). He is the first Palestinian nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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