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posted by Natascia Lypny on Oct 18, 2012 - View profile
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5 Broken Cameras
By Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi. Doc. 2011. 94mins
7:00pm
- 9:00pm
Saturday October 20 2012
7pm | Doors open at 6:30
A Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films the struggle, which is lead by two of his best friends, alongside filming how Gibreel grows. Very soon it affects his family and his own life. Daily arrests and night raids scare his family; his friends, brothers and him as well are either shot or arrested. One camera after another is shot at or smashed, each camera tells a part of his story.
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