Screening of Academy Award Nominated Documentary Film
FIVE BROKEN CAMERAS www.imdb.com/title/tt2125423 Thursday, February 7th at 7:30 PM At The Home of Carla & Leigh McCloskey in Malibu RSVP for Address & More Information: Please Email: [email protected] or Call: 310-457-5398 Come at 7:00 PM to See the Hieroglyph of the Human Soul www.leighmccloskey.com Donation: $10 FIVE BROKEN CAMERAS is one of five documentary films nominated for an Academy Award this year. It is one of two films nominated this year from Israeli filmmakers and is important for us all to see. It is on most Best Documentary of the Year Lists & received a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/5_broken_cameras_2012 Amy Goodman discussed this film on Democracy Now: www.democracynow.org/2012/6/7/five_broken_cameras_home_videos_evolve An extraordinary work of both cinematic & political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand 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 & lives are lost. "I feel like the camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion." When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films the struggle, which is lead by two of his best friends, alongside filming how Gibreel grows. Very soon it affects his family and his own life. Daily arrests and night raids scare his family; his friends, brothers and him as well are either shot or arrested. One Camera after another is shot at or smashed, each camera tells a part of his story. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
