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Screen shot from "5 Broken Cameras" documentary
A documentary the filmmakers describe as a “deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance” in a West Bank village threatened by Israeli settlements, which is short-listed for an Academy Award, is streaming now for free through January 6.
Alive Mind Cinema has posted it on their website. The film consists almost entirely of footage shot by a Palestinian farmer named Emad Burnat.
“I’ve lived through so many experiences,” Burnat says. “They burn in my head like a hot flame. Pain and joy, fears and hope are all mixed together. I’m losing. The old wounds don’t have time to heal. New wounds will cover them up. So I film to hold onto my memories.”
He lays out his cameras in a line and says, “These are my five cameras. Every camera is an episode in my life.” The documentary is about each of these “episodes.”
To view click on this link, create a login, verify by your login information and then enter your password and watch the film. It’s only available for a limited time, but if you can make time to watch it tonight or Saturday, it is well worth it.
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Mahalo, Kevin…!
Really appreciate this, Kevin!
The West Bank was forcibly stolen from Israel by Jordan in 1948 in a failed attempt to wipe Israel off the map. Jordan is also ‘Palestine,’ why is it never referred to as such. Jordan limited it’s immigration visas just enough to keep the West Bank occupied and a problem for Israel. The ‘Palestinian struggle’ stems from the fact that they declined an offer of their own State twice and want Israel gone, despite the fact that they were given 75% of what didn’t even belong to them in the first place. It belonged to the Turks. Jerusalem is a problem because Muslims decided to plant their Dome of the Rock directly on top of the ruins of the Second Jewish Temple back in the 7th Century. That’s what this is really about, conquest. Not by Israel, which has Arab Supreme Court Justices and members of the IDF and Parliament, but by Arabs and Muslims. Israel doesn’t even want Gaza, they tried to return it to Egypt but of course Egypt declined.
Just finished watching. Deserves a review. FDL should do a Movie Night for this remarkable documentary.
*wow* That’s some seriously deluded Hasbara, Jim…! 8-(
Yeah I know, the truth is always ‘Zionist’ or some absurd label. Palestinians can fire an unlimited amount of rockets, though, and never seem to be saddled with a derogatory label at all.
I can’t find the film in its entirety.
Check into the nearest clinic, Jim. Ziocaine OD’s are seldom fatal, but can be debilitating.
So, the Turks have some sort of a claim? Or what? Did not what is now Israel (show me a map of what you think “Israel” really is, Jim, so we can talk further. I’m curious) once belong to the Turks too? What does the previous ownership of Palestine have to do with the Palestinians, but does not have to do with the Israelis?
No, the OE ceased to exist post WWI. Palestine was merely a region within the OE, as we all know, not an Arab State. Kindly keep the condescension to yourself. Thanks.
If you felt my questioning your wisdom was condescension more than snark, sorry.
However, the Palestinian Mandate was distinct from Transjordan. Your inability to understand that distinction is troubling. The partition plan for the Palestinian Mandate clearly did not indicate in any of its clauses or pre-1947 interpretations the transfer of the majority population in the Mandate out of the Mandate to the adjoining Mandate of Transjordan. Or maybe you’ve found one. If so, please share it with us here. Thanks.
Yes, that is technically true, it didn’t become part of Israel, however, it wasn’t Jordan’s either. Jordan seized it in 48 in the Arab-Israeli War. Considering the fact that the Arab Leagues rejected the first offer of a separate Palestinian State pre-48, and again w/Arafat, It’s safe to say it would not have been enough. Not really into a long condescending hair splitting discussion about it. Thanks anyway.
I can’t recommend this movie enough. I was lucky enough to see it this past summer at the Traverse City Film Festival. It is wonderful that it is currently available for viewing online. Like so many issues, conflicts focus on borders and governments. The impact on people seems to be forgotten. This is a film about people.
Jim, have you watched it? If not, please consider doing so.
Here is another film I would recommend…The People and the Olive
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Thanks, Kevin. I was planning to go to sleep when I saw your post and this opportunity. I stayed up and played it.
Well worth watching! Hard to see the Israeli soldiers brutalizing the Palestinians. It’s sad to see the people and their land so oppressed.
Don’t give the settlers a pass either. They’re brutish toward Palestinians too. And if it weren’t for them, I have to imagine the military would have a much harder time justifying the enforcement of apartheid policies.
Right. No need to give the settlers a pass. They’ve been on a mission that is from the dark side. One of the worries I immediately had watching the barrier come down in the documentary was that now the settlers would have easier access to the villagers. The settlers have been stealing water and land, keeping people from farming, and generally harassing, brutalizing and killing the Palestinians they have placed themselves next to. No, I’m certainly not giving them a pass.