When his fourth son is born, Emad gets his first camera. In his village, Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For five years Emad films the struggle lead by two of his best friends alongside filming Gibreel grows.  This film received the Special Jury Award and the audience award at the international Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam 2011.

When his fourth son is born, Emad gets his first camera. In his village, Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For five years Emad films the struggle lead by two of his best friends alongside filming Gibreel grows.
Very soon it affects his family and his own life. Daily arrests and night raids scare his family; his friends, brothers and also him are either shot or arrested. One Camera after another is shot or smashed, each camera unfolds a part of his story. His story is a story of resistance.


Lenght: 90 minutes
Web: http://www.humanfilm.no/film/5-broken-cameras

Human Rights Human Wrongs er den eneste filmfestivalen i Norden som hvert år vier hele sitt program til å belyse den aktuelle menneskerettighetssituasjonen i verden. Festivalen består av rundt 20 dokumentarfilmer, fordelt på fire tema: Ikkevoldelige revolusjoner, Status Illegal, Næringsliv og menneskerettigheter samt Kampen for rettferdighet. De fleste filmene er Norgespremierer.

Human Rights Human Wrongs arrangeres i samarbeid mellom Oslo Dokumentarkino, Menneskerettighetshuset i Oslo og Oslosenteret for fred og menneskerettigheter. Billetter til de ulike filmene og debattene kjøpes i døra.