Sometimes, context is everything. “5 Broken Cameras,” a film by Palestinian citizen Emad Burnat and Israeli citizen Guy Davidi, offers some context, but mostly evidence for the brutal, overly aggressive Israeli army response to non-violent demonstrations. You watch with gnawing unease as soldiers lob tear gas with abandon, scattering protestors, who sometimes respond with volleys of rocks and whatever else comes to hand. It’s all wrenching, and immediately, whether the filmmakers intended to or not, it drafts a line between “good” and “bad,” simple as those terms may be. Yet for all its emotional pull, the drama inherent in a group of peasants (Burnat self-identifies as one) attempting to stage non-violent demonstrations in the face of unyielding odds, “5 Broken Cameras” begs for context beyond what is given via narration from Burnat, who is prone to flights of philosophy that would make Herzog proud.
Burnat is the father of four boys with his Brazilian-born wife Soraya,...
Burnat is the father of four boys with his Brazilian-born wife Soraya,...
- 6/9/2012
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