Tuesday, July 10, 2012

ATFP to Co-Sponsor DC Viewing and Discussion of 5 Broken Cameras on July 13, 2012


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.



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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