Five Broken Cameras

"Return Serve", a Bil'in demonstrator sending tear gas back to the army (Photo: Hamde Abu Rahma)

Documenting life and struggle from within: Bil’in photographer publishes first book

Seeing his cousin being shot and killed by soldiers while protesting non-violently drove Hamde Abu-Rahma to photojournalism. Four years later his first book, ‘Roots Run Deep’, documenting life in Bil’in and occupied Palestine, has been published. The picture outside his window still looks grim but Abu-Rahma insists on smiling. Hamde Abu-Rahma, 26, is probably the most…

By Haggai Matar September 6, 2013

Netanyahu makes consolation call to maker of ‘5 Broken Cameras’

By Ami Kaufman February 25, 2013

Emad Burnet (left) and Guy Davidi answering questions about '5 Broken Cameras' at the Film Forum in New York City (credit: Lisa Goldman)

‘5 Broken Cameras’ director: There is no room for guilt – only taking responsibility

NEW YORK — Before Guy Davidi co-directed and produced 5 Broken Cameras, he was involved in Indymedia and an experienced filmmaker. He was also associated with Anarchists Against the Wall, Israeli anti-occupation activists. This is how he came to know the West Bank village of Bil’in, home of the film’s co-director, Emad Burnat. “I lived…

By Lisa Goldman February 24, 2013

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WATCH: IDF reservists call for charging makers of ‘5 Broken Cameras’ with incitement

And, the Oscar for weirdest item of the day goes to… the group of soldiers who call for charging the makers of ‘5 Broken Cameras’ with incitement! The Israeli website Mako reports that the group, known as “Consensus – Guardian of the IDF Spirit,” has posted the following Youtube clip as part of a campaign…

By Ami Kaufman February 24, 2013

Adeeb Abu Rahme, one of the residents of Bil'in who appears in 5 Broken Cameras, confronts the IDF during a protest in 2007 (Activestills)

Occupation goes to the Oscars – but films carry very different messages

Both Oscar-nominated documentaries from this region are important documents of Israeli occupation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in their own right. But if ‘The Gatekeepers’ wins, it will whitewash occupation by presenting Israeli guilt in a redeeming light. If ‘Five Broken Cameras’ wins, it will go beyond the message that what Israel is doing is wrong and…

By Mairav Zonszein February 24, 2013

Bil'in (Activestills)

Can Palestinian non-violent resistance make it into Israel’s education system?

By the time the documentary Five Broken Cameras came out in November 2011, the Palestinian village of Bil’in in the occupied West Bank had already become the symbol of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israeli occupation, Israeli settlements and the separation wall/barrier. It had already celebrated six long years of weekly Friday demonstrations led by the residents,…

By Mairav Zonszein January 3, 2013