Thursday, April 11th 2024

Film Screening of 5 Broken Cameras & Fundraiser for Gaza

Film Screening of 5 Broken Cameras & Fundraiser for Gaza Thursday, April 11 at 7:00 p.m. Room 106, Dunn Building (Mount Allison campus) 10 Salem St. at the corner of York St. We keep us safe! Masks are strongly recommended and will be available at the door. Join Sackville Ceasefire Now and MtA4Palestine for a screening of Guy Davidi and Emad Burnat’s 5 Broken Cameras. Described as “inspiring, devastating and exquisite, this critically-acclaimed doc is part home movie, part resistance journal, part memorial and part impossible collaboration.” Bring cash! Donations for Gaza will be collected at the door and split between UNRWA and Care for Gaza. We will provide proof of donation on instagram @ceasefirenow_sackvillenb. While most of our groups’ focus since October 7 has been on Israel’s unprecedented attack on the besieged population in Gaza, the increasingly dire situation for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank deserves our attention as well. We will provide a brief update on the surge in settler violence, dispossession, illegal outposts, military raids, mass arrests, killings, torture, and restrictions on movement in the West Bank. From the river to the sea, this is a war on Palestine. 5 Broken Cameras (2011; 1h30m) by Guy Davidi & Emad Burnat Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles An extraordinary work of both cinematic and 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 film was assembled by Burnat and Israeli co-director Guy Davidi. 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, and lives are lost. "I feel like the camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion." Please give generously within your means. Israel’s continued bombardment and siege of Gaza has killed more than 30,000 people and led to widespread displacement, destruction, hunger, starvation, and disease. On March 25, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese said there are clear indications that Israel has violated three of the five acts listed under the UN Genocide Convention. Care for Gaza is a non-profit, non-governmental charity in Gaza currently supplying aid by creating food packages and giving cash and supplies to those in need (check out their work on X @CareForGaza). UNRWA is the key agency providing critical humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in Gaza. UNRWA also provides services in 19 refugee camps in the West Bank. Although Canada has resumed funding for UNRWA, it cannot be forgiven for cutting it without seeing any intelligence to back Israel’s allegations about a small number of employees. Let’s do our part to raise funds for Gaza to compensate for the harm Canada’s actions and complicity have caused to the Palestinian people. Spread the word! Bring a friend! Bring a mask! Bring a donation! See you there, MtA4Palestine and Sackville Ceasefire Now