Five Broken Cameras

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements.

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Key crew

• Emad BurnatDirector
• Guy DavidiDirector
• Emad BurnatWriter
• Guy DavidiWriter

Cast

• Emad BurnatHimself (Narrator)
• Soraya BurnatHerself (Emad's wife)
• Gibreel BurnatHimself (Emad's 4th son)
• Mohammed BurnatHimself (Emad's 1st son)
• Yasin BurnatHimself (Emad's 2nd son)
• Taki-Ydin BurnatHimself (Emad's 3rd son)
• Muhammad BurnatHimself (Emad's Father)
• Intisar BurnatHerself (Emad's mother)
• Bassem Abu-Rahma "Phil"Himself (Emad's friend)
• Adeeb Abu-RahmaHimself (Emad's friend)
• Ashraf Abu-Rahma "Daba"Himself (Emad's friend)
• Eyad BurnatHimself (Emad's brother)

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