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Monday, February 25, 2013
In the West Bank village whose struggle to regain land taken by Israel was portrayed in an Oscar-nominated documentary, activists huddled around a campfire before dawn Monday to watch the ceremony.
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West Bank villagers view Oscars at night, outdoors
BILIN, West Bank (AP) -- This wasn't your typical Oscar viewing party.
In
the West Bank village whose struggle to regain land taken by Israel was
portrayed in an Oscar-nominated documentary, activists huddled around a
campfire before dawn Monday to watch the ceremony.
For
added symbolism, they pinned the screen to a tent just meters (yards)
away from Israel's West Bank separation barrier, which cut off the
village of Bilin from much of its land....READ MORE
Intifada VS Oscar... a poem by Anne Selden Annab
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| The director of Palestinian documentary movie 5 BROKEN CAMERAS Emad Burnat and his family at the Oscars 2013. His wife wearing a traditional carefully embroidered Palestinian dress |
Intifada VS Oscar
5 Broken Cameras
and the beauty of his wife
in her embroidered dress
and the charm of his child
will win American sympathy
But Arab headlines are all about stoking rage
prisoners tortured... people harassed...
land usurped, lives destroyed, extremists goaded
as the Occupation grinds on and on and on and on...
Negotiations for peace- and justice- are in the hands of headlines
and tweets pushing people into storms of raw emotion
aching for Palestine- or Israel... all depends
on which you want to believe,
who you want to stand with
how you want to be seen
as Palestine disappears
into Israeli news.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
My letter to the CSM RE "Israeli Oscar contenders force citizens to confront uncomfortable questions"
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| 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a deeply personal, first-hand account of life and non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village surrounded by Israeli settlements. Shot by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, Gibreel, the film was co-directed by Burnat and Guy Davidi, an Israeli filmmaker. Structured in chapters around the destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, the filmmakers’ collaboration follows one family’s evolution over five years of village upheaval. As the years pass in front of the camera, we witness Gibreel grow from a newborn baby into a young boy who observes the world unfolding around him with the astute powers of perception that only children possess. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify and lives are lost in this cinematic diary and unparalleled record of life in the West Bank. 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a Palestinian-Israeli-French co-production. A Kino Lorber Release. |
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0223/Israeli-Oscar-contenders-force-citizens-to-confront-uncomfortable-questions?nav=87-frontpage-entryNineItem
Dear Editor,
A Palestinian puts his life on the line to film his family's perspective in a Palestinian village- and you call that an Israeli film because some of the funds for that movie might have come from "indirect government funding through subsidies to the Israeli film industry". Using that yardstick 5 Broken Cameras really should be categorized as an American film as taxpayers as well as charities here generously fund the Israeli state- as well as aid for Palestine.
If peace negotiations fail and the two state paradigm is scrapped referring to 5 Broken Cameras as Israeli will be the only option... but we are not there yet.
A fully secular two state solution to actually end the occupation AND the Israel-Palestine conflict really is the best way forward. It is also the only way to curb the rampant religious extremism, bigotry, chaos and cruelty that is being created by the Israel-Palestine conflict. Religion should be a personal private matter, not a state funded mandate.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
The European Union Renews its Support to Improve Mental Health Services in Gaza
Jordanian Diplomat Marwan Muasher (his country’s first ambassador to Israel, where he made many friends) points out the importance of The Arab Peace Initiative... & the fact that Obama Should Try to Help Solve Conflict
Poll: Large Majority of Palestinians Want Immediate Elections
American Task Force on Palestine Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Announces Oct. 23 Gala
Statement of the General Delegation of the PLO on Qisra Village Attacks & Statement on Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat to meet with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday
Palestinian children and teachers at Qurtuba school in Hebron say getting to class past Israeli soldiers and settlers is like navigating a minefield every day.
In photos: Palestinian children growing up under the shadow of expulsion & the threat of more Israeli firing zones
Israeli Soldiers Order Bethlehem Villagers To Leave Their Lands
"The Israeli occupation has lasted too long. Hollywood gets it; Washington should too." Palestine's Maen Rashid Areikat... The U.S. must push to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, not just manage it.
Outcry over Israeli soldier's photo of boy in crosshairs: "Every Palestinian mother is concerned for her child ..." How long can this charade continue to function politically?
Israeli settlers pump sewage into ancient Palestinian village
Economist: An Arab village is asked to bow to the wishes of Israel's Jewish settlers
RAJA SHEHADEH: More Than a Land Grab ...Settlers increasingly impinging on Palestinian lives: Jewish settlers aren't just taking empty space, they're destroying Palestinian property and threatening their lives.
"I have no memory of a time without struggle" Emad Burnat is a Palestinian farmer and director of the Oscar-nominated documentary "5 Broken Cameras"... "As the world listens, Gibreel, I want to say to you: I am from Palestine. I have lived my whole life under military occupation, and I have no memory of a time without struggle. But you, son, you will know better times. Someday, you will make new, happy memories.... And that will be the true award."
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".... it being clearly understood that nothing
shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious
rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine..."
The Office of International Religious Freedom ( http://www.state.gov/j/drl/irf/) Given the U.S. commitment to religious freedom, and to the international covenants that guarantee it as the inalienable right of every human being, the United States seeks to:
Promote freedom of religion and conscience throughout the world as a fundamental human right and as a source of stability for all countriesPalestinian Refugees(1948-NOW) refused their right to return... and their right to live in peace free from religious bigotry and injustice.
The Golden Rule... Do
unto others as you would have them do unto you
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In
small places, close to home - so close and so small that
they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they
are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood
he lives in; the school or college he attends; the
factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the
places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal
justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without
discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there,
they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted
citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall
look in vain for progress in the larger world."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Empowering
Peace & Palestine
"The only way to honor our tragic histories is to create a future for our children free of man-made tragedy. This means making peace fully, completely and without reservation, between Israel and Palestine."
The Arab Peace Initiative
"The only way to honor our tragic histories is to create a future for our children free of man-made tragedy. This means making peace fully, completely and without reservation, between Israel and Palestine."
The Arab Peace Initiative
Palestinian
refugees must be given the option to exercise their
right of return (as well as receive compensation for
their losses arising from their dispossession and
displacement) though refugees may prefer other options
such as: (i) resettlement in third countries, (ii)
resettlement in a newly independent Palestine (even
though they originate from that part of Palestine which
became Israel) or (iii) normalization of their legal
status in the host country where they currently reside.
What is important is that individual refugees decide for
themselves which option they prefer – a decision must
not be imposed upon them.
UN Resolution 194 from 1948 : The refugees wishing to
return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours
should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date,
and that compensation should be paid for the property of those
choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property
which, under principles of international law or in equity,
should be made good by the Governments or authorities
responsible.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Oscars-bound Palestinian film-maker describes 'unpleasant' LAX detention: Emad Burnat, who made 5 Broken Cameras, said US officials doubted his credentials and threatened to send him home
"Although this was an unpleasant experience, this is a daily
occurrence for Palestinians, every single day, throughout the West Bank. There are more than 500 Israeli checkpoints, roadblocks, and other barriers to movement across our land..."
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| Emad Burnat, right, with his Israeli co-director Guy Davidi. Five Broken Cameras is nominated in the documentary category. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/20/oscars-palestinian-filmmaker-lax-detained
An Academy-nominated Palestinian film-maker has spoken of the "unpleasant experience" of being detained by US immigration officials when he arrived for this weekend's Oscars ceremony.
Burnat said that he thought that US immigration officials – who apparently doubted his credentials – would send him back to Palestine. He compared the incident to daily life for Palestinians under the Israeli occupation.
"Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award for 5 Broken Cameras, and they told me that if I couldn't prove the reason for my visit, my wife Soraya, my son Gibreel and I would be sent back to Turkey on the same day," Burnat said in a statement.
"After 40 minutes of questions and answers, Gibreel asked me why we were still waiting in that small room. I simply told him the truth: 'Maybe we'll have to go back.' I could see his heart sink."
Five Broken Cameras chronicles the events surrounding Israel's creation of a separation wall in Burnat's West Bank village of Bil'in. Burnat, a farmer, initially bought the camera to capture Gibreel's development before using footage for the documentary.
Burnat said his experience was "a very minor example of what my people face every day."...READ MORE
Thursday, February 14, 2013
"I have no memory of a time without struggle" Emad Burnat is a Palestinian farmer and director of the Oscar-nominated documentary "5 Broken Cameras"...
"As the world listens,
Gibreel, I want to say to you: I am from Palestine. I have lived my
whole life under military occupation, and I have no memory of a time
without struggle. But you, son, you will know better times. Someday, you
will make new, happy memories.... And that will be the true award."
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Co-director Emad Burnat with his five broken cameras
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/11/opinion/emad-burnat-documentary/
February 12, 2013 -- Updated 0255 GMT (1055 HKT)
Editor's note: Emad Burnat is a Palestinian farmer and director of the Oscar-nominated documentary "5 Broken Cameras",
which he co-directed with Israeli Guy Davidi. In this deeply personal
piece, he reflects on his family's experiences living in the West Bank
and as part of the Palestinian non-violent resistance movement.
I have seen my neighbors
beaten, blindfolded, and kidnapped. I have seen children snatched from
their mothers in the dead of night. I have seen my brother shot and
friend murdered.
I can't tell you how this
holy land felt before the armored jeeps' rumble. I can't trace a path
from here -- from where the Wall surrounds me -- to the sea.
But for as long as I can
remember, I could not forget. Forget the checkpoints, the harassment,
the detentions. Forget that I am not free.
Like all prisoners, my memories are what sustain me. But what I need now are new memories. Happy memories.
That's why I started filming.
I wanted to make memories
of my son, Gibreel. I wanted to capture his smile, to chronicle his
life in close-up. I wanted to crop out the occupation, the violence, the
hopelessness...READ MORE
Monday, February 4, 2013
LATimes: Palestinian farmer, activist, filmmaker — and Oscar nominee
Emad Burnat talks about how he progressed from filming his newborn to teaming with an Israeli to create '5 Broken Cameras,' a documentary about his village's fight against Israeli occupation.
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| West Bank farmer turned filmmaker Emad Burnat, 41, near the village of Bilin in the West Bank. His movie "5 Broken Cameras" is nominated for an Oscar in the documentaries category. (Edmund Sanders / Los Angeles Times / February 2, 2013) |
February 2, 2013
BILIN, West Bank — Like many Palestinians, West Bank farmer Emad Burnat punctuates his life story with events from the Israeli occupation of his village.
His first son was born amid the optimism that followed the 1993 Oslo peace accords, and another came just as the 2000 Palestinian uprising erupted.
His youngest, Gibreel, was born the same week that Israel began constructing a separation barrier through his hometown of Bilin. That's when Burnat got his first camera, initially to capture his newborn, but later to document his village's fight against the Israeli military and nearby settlers.
It was the first of five cameras he would use, all destroyed during filming by bullets, tear-gas canisters or angry settlers....READ MORE
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Palestinians Hope to Tell Their Story Through the Oscars
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Written by Diana Atallah
Published Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Published Tuesday, January 29, 2013
RAMALLAH – Palestinians hope an Oscar-nominated documentary depicting a non-violent struggle against Israel
will succeed in telling their story, even though some recent viewers
who saw the film in Ramallah expressed reservations about Israeli
involvement in the movie.
5 Broken Cameras is
one of five candidates for the Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature
category this year. Released in 2011 by Palestinian director Emad Burnat
and Israeli director Guy Davidi, it has been screened in 50 countries
and translated into several languages.
Mohammed
Al-Khatib, of the Popular Struggle Committee, who organized the
screening in Ramallah, said the film was a "national" one. It received a
mixed reception at its first showing here: the audience clapping,
cheering, laughing and crying during the 95-minute film, but also
leveling some criticism for Israeli participation in its production.
But Burnat, with his son Jibril -- who is seen in the film -- standing alongside him on the Ramallah Cultural Palace stage, called the film's nomination "a national day for Palestine. One billion people who watch the Oscars will know the story and suffering of the Palestinians."
"There
was a misconception about the identity of this movie,” Burnat told the
audience after being asked about the Israeli issue. “I invited an
Israeli partner, a supporter who came to my village to help me in the
final stages, but the Israeli press called the film ‘Israeli.’ The
documentaries nominated for the Oscars are not listed under specific
countries.”
"I
filmed the movie, but just because an Israeli activist came to the
village and helped does not mean the film is Israeli. I just think of it
as a human issue as opposed to political," he told The Media Line. He
added that the directors received funding from European countries
including France and the Netherlands, as well as Israel, to underwrite post-production costs, but that the film is a Palestinian-Israeli-French production.
Burnat,
a farmer, started filming when Jibril, his fourth and youngest son, was
born in 2005 – the same year popular demonstrations began against the
security barrier Israel
was building on village lands in Bil'in and construction of the Jewish
community of Modi'in Illit was under way on lands villagers claimed
belongs to them.
The
camera barely left Burnat's hands during the five years during which he
filmed the movie depicting the life of his family and the villagers,
and the constant friction with Israeli soldiers. Included are Jibril's
first words, “wall” and “army”; and the killing of his close friend
Basem Abu Rahmeh by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration.
The
title of the film comes from the five cameras that were smashed or hit
by bullets when the demonstrations turned violent. In each case, Burnat
kept filming. Back in Bil'in, where he lives with his four sons and
Palestinian-Brazilian wife Soraya, the five cameras sit at one corner,
and awards fill two tables in the salon. Photos of Jibril meeting in Istanbul with Turkish soap opera stars popular with Arabs and Palestinians adorn the walls.
After
the film won awards worldwide, including at the prestigious Sundance
Festival, Burnat and his colleague did not rule out the possibility of
an Academy Award nomination. If the strong reactions by many at the
Ramallah screening are any indication, that optimism may prove to be
well-founded.
Nadia
Awad, a public relations specialist in the NGO sector, told The Media
Line that she cried during the sad parts of the movie. "I think it was
moving and heartbreaking. Seeing the violence of the shots and the tear
gas was difficult. And to be honest, as a Palestinian I feel guilty that
I have never been to Bil'in or Nil'in and attended these demonstrations
even when I knew about them. This might make me change my ways."
Ohoud
Mraqtan, a freelance journalist, thought the film was one of the
strongest she has seen. "The narration, the story, the reality of the
scenes kept our attention for two hours. You can't know Palestinian life
unless you see the movie," she told The Media Line.
However,
Rami Khalil, who attended the screening, was less enthusiastic. "It's a
good movie, but I am still not sure why it was nominated for the
Oscars. I think maybe because I am a Palestinian living among the heat
of events that I don't see what the fuss is all about," he said.
Some
in the audience were still fussing about the film's Israeli funding,
but others were focusing on the more important contributions its unusual
pedigree can make.
"You
couldn't find anyone else?" one viewer asked. While Burnat replied that
he did not find Palestinian funding during the making of the movie,
Awad didn't see any problem. "If the Israeli participation helps this
movie be seen by Israelis as well as the world, then why not? I don't
think it's a betrayal of any kind," she told The Media Line.
Mraqtan
sees the collaboration as a way of bringing peace. "A
Palestinian-Israeli film shows that both people want to live in peace,”
he sid. “Let the people see that we all want to live in peace but the
occupation forces are not allowing us to."
Filmmaker
Burnat doesn't think his collaboration is unique, but its message is.
"The Palestinians and Israelis have relations, but the Israeli goes back
to his house in Tel Aviv and the Palestinian still lives under
occupation. My message from the movie is for the world to see the
reality of the Palestinian struggle and suffering through a personal and
human story," he told The Media Line.
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