This Friday, please join the American Task Force
on Palestine for a viewing and discussion in Washington, DC of 5 Broken
Cameras, a critically acclaimed film about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict.
The event is being co-sponsored with J Street DC Metro. The viewing will be followed by a discussion with ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish and Howard Sumka.
Click here to purchase tickets for the viewing and discussion, which will be held on Friday, July 13 at 4:45PM at the E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004:
https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Ticketing.aspx?ShowDate=7%2F13%2F2012&TheatreID=264
5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, firsthand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.
The film was shot by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, and edited with the help of Israeli director Guy Davidi.
Following the film at E Street Cinema, Stephen Stern, J Street DC Metro Education and Programs Chair will lead a discussion with ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish and Howard Sumka (former USAID West Bank and Gaza Chief), representing the Greenhouse Initiative, which gave major development assistance to the filmmakers.
The event is being co-sponsored with J Street DC Metro. The viewing will be followed by a discussion with ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish and Howard Sumka.
Click here to purchase tickets for the viewing and discussion, which will be held on Friday, July 13 at 4:45PM at the E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004:
https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Ticketing.aspx?ShowDate=7%2F13%2F2012&TheatreID=264
5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, firsthand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.
The film was shot by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, and edited with the help of Israeli director Guy Davidi.
Following the film at E Street Cinema, Stephen Stern, J Street DC Metro Education and Programs Chair will lead a discussion with ATFP Senior Fellow Hussein Ibish and Howard Sumka (former USAID West Bank and Gaza Chief), representing the Greenhouse Initiative, which gave major development assistance to the filmmakers.
Synopsis
An extraordinary work of both cinematic and
political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, firsthand
account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village
threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by
Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to
record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later given to
Israeli co-director Guy Davidi to edit. Structured around the violent
destruction of each one of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers'
collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of village
turmoil. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are
bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. "I feel like the
camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion."
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