Director :Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi
Writer : Guy Davidi
The film is a documentary shot by Emad who lives in Bil'in, a West Bank village. There are 5 cameras each one with it's own story.
Emad bought his first camera when his fourth son Gibreel was born to film his growing up years. At the same time Israeli Army illegally started capturing land of the villagers, uprooting their Olive tree farms. Villagers protest by demonstrating every Friday. In the process Emad's friends and brothers either get shot or arrested.
Over the years the violent activities of army increases. They raid village anytime and they even arrest children in the middle of the night. Emad starts showing the footage shot by him to villages nearby so that they can unite and protest together.
While shooting this footage each os his camera is either smashed or shot. Eventually Emad approaches Israeli filmamker Guy Davidi and together they make film 5 Broken Cameras from the footage shot by Emad.
The documentary has won many awards at many film festivals, and was also nominated for Oscar.
Recommended.
Writer : Guy Davidi
The film is a documentary shot by Emad who lives in Bil'in, a West Bank village. There are 5 cameras each one with it's own story.
Emad bought his first camera when his fourth son Gibreel was born to film his growing up years. At the same time Israeli Army illegally started capturing land of the villagers, uprooting their Olive tree farms. Villagers protest by demonstrating every Friday. In the process Emad's friends and brothers either get shot or arrested.
Over the years the violent activities of army increases. They raid village anytime and they even arrest children in the middle of the night. Emad starts showing the footage shot by him to villages nearby so that they can unite and protest together.
While shooting this footage each os his camera is either smashed or shot. Eventually Emad approaches Israeli filmamker Guy Davidi and together they make film 5 Broken Cameras from the footage shot by Emad.
The documentary has won many awards at many film festivals, and was also nominated for Oscar.
Recommended.
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