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Emad Burnat is a Palestinian farmer. In 2005 he bought his first camera to record the birth of his son Gibreel. But when the Israelis started building a wall across his farm in the village of Bi'lin, he turned his camera to their theft.
This wall now runs throughout the occupied territories splitting farmlands and further creating difficulties for Palestinians. LIfe is tougher for them without access to their farmland and olive groves.
There were protests almost daily, with Israeli activists joining the Palestinians in what they see as gross violation of human-rights.
The result of this is a film, 5 Broken Cameras which covered a span of seven years of his life and the fellow villagers of Bi'lin.
It was co-directed with Israeli activist and film-maker Guy Davidi. The film is his personal account of the theft of his land and the persecution of Palestinians by Israelis in the Occupied West Bank.
The film became a Sundance winner and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 2012.
"When I film I feel like the camera protects me. But it's an illusion"
Emad was in Kuala Lumpur recently for the charity premier of his film 5 Broken Cameras organised by Viva Palestine Malaysia.
We caught up with him at Coffee 5 Cups at Plaza Damas 3 in Sri Hartamas.Viva Palestina Malaysia's chairman Dato' Dr Musa speaks at the charity premiere of 5Broken Cameras at our Kuala Lumpur Film Festival 2013
Kuala Lumpur Palestine Film Festival 2013 (KLPFF2013) is a follow on from KLPFF2012 which not only succeeded in generating Rm 2 million in funds from both the public and the Ministry of Education, it was able to reach an audience largely not exposed to the realities of the humanitarian crisis in Palestine.
Details of the Film Festival
Date : 17 - 19 May 2013
Location : GSC Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
With technology becomes increasingly accessible, content creation and story-telling can now be told from varying perspectives. Catch my interview with Harry Fear and learn how technology and the web empowers a passionate young man like Harry to tell the story of the people, of the struggling Palestinians in Gaza.
Zan Azlee speaks to Harry Fear from Britain, an independent journalist & human rights activist, who spent 12 weeks in Gaza, Palestine, during and after the Israeli siege called Operation Pillar of Cloud last year. They talk about the politics of the conflict and, Fear's methodology of covering it.