Emad and Soraya Burnat with their son Jibreel on the red carpet entering the Academy Awards.
(Photo: 5 Broken Cameras)
Congratulations to “Searching for Sugar Man”…..And to all other documentaries and films recognized at this years Academy Awards!
— 5 Broken Cameras (@5brokencameras) February 25, 2013
The awards have been announced and alas 5 Broken Cameras didn’t win the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary (the Oscar went to Searching for Sugar Man). Regardless, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s film continues to be an inspiration.
To my village of Bilin and to every village & city in Palestine, the world knows our voice and our struggle now. #Oscar4Palestine Have hope.
— 5 Broken Cameras (@5brokencameras) February 25, 2013
5 Broken Cameras was one of two nominated documentaries that focused on the conflict. Also losing out was the Israeli anti-occupation documentary The Gatekeepers, which was based on interviews by six former heads of the Israeli security service, regretting measures Israel has undertaken to enforce the illegal occupation.
Read Emad Burnat’s Oscar nominee questionnaire:
(Image: Twitter)
Visualizing Palestine created the following graphic for the film:
He’s the winner in my book. He’s brought great exposure to the Occupation and all its attendant horrors. I am disappointed not to see him run up there and claim a victory in front of the world, and a shot of his wife and son clapping with joy.
i dont know..the young one ..looks like he could be a trouble maker…
sound the red alert
Hollowood…
Sometimes it’s not about winning, sometimes it’s about the journey.
Let us not forget what a tremendous difference the mere nomination of the film has made.
I congratulate Emad Burnat for making a remarkable film and I know that millions of audiences who saw — and will see — the film feel the same. Perhaps that type of recognition is far more meaningful and important.
As an aside, Jibreel — Emad’s son’s name — is the Arabic “Gabriel”, a Christian name. Emad and his wife are Moslem.
I hope Christian Zionists are paying attention.
The role of Hollywood in enabling Israel is immense and not only for having created myths like the vile Exodus. More importantly in their past and ongoing effort to shape and control the image of an ugly, backward, terror-loving Arab that no decent American can sympathise with no matter how victimised he can be. The place for a victim is already taken. Eternally one can add.