When his fourth son is born, self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. At the same time an Israeli separation barrier is being built on the villagers’ cultivated lands. Over the next several years, Burnat films the peaceful resistance movement, which is led by two of his best friends. At the same time he records his son growing up. But night raids by the army and daily arrests terrify the villagers. Friends, brothers, even Burnat himself, are subjected to brutality. One camera after another is smashed—but the footage remains. Burnat joins forces with Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi: together they create a powerful film.
Five Broken Cameras (Hams Caeraten Maksura/Hamesh Matzlemot Shvurot)
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The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.