5 Broken Cameras Page #4

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All together!

Gaza and the West Banck!

I think about the children

like my son Gibreel.

Or Adeeb's son

on the day his father

was arrested and sent to jail.

How will they be able

to bear their anger?

Release my father!

Release my father!

Shortly after that

I receive an arrested warrant.

What did they say?

They said they were going

to arrest me again tonight.

What will you do?

What can I do?

See what's happening to us

because of your filming!

Now they're taking you!

You nevver know what they're up to!

If they take you,

what'll we do, the kids and I?

You saw what they did to you before

But you never learn!

I've told you to stop

a thousand times!

Stay home with our kids

and find something else to do!

Why didn't you?

Why, Emad?

If they come, what will we do?

What will I do?

And the kids?

It happened once, twice...

I can't take this a third time!

Stop!

Enough with the filming!

I'm so tired!

Stop with the filming!

Emad, what are you doing?

There's not many soldiers today

Why?

They're tearing down the fence.

- You think so?

- Yeah, I do.

- So no tear gas today?

- No tear gas!

For the first time in 5 years?

The speed of an M16 bullet is...

2,800 feet per second.

it takes the bullet 3 milliseconds

to hit my camera.

In that flash of time.

before the experience

becomes a memory,

everything I know vanishes.

The fifth camera

lasted from winter 2009

to spring 2010.

It was smashed by a soldier

and repaired

before veing shot.

It's been a year

that Adeeb's been in jail.

The court's decision

begins to be implemented.

The barrier is dismantled.

It's a victory,

however small, for the village.

A concrete wall is being built

further from our village.

Some lands will be returned

to the owners

but Bil'in continues

to resist the new wall.

Barriers can be removed

but the land will always

bear the scars.

Gibreel has grown

from a baby into a boy.

That means letting go of innocence.

This rapid coming of age

saddens me a bit.

Healing is a challenge in life.

It's a victim's sole obligation.

By healing, you resist oppression.

But when I'm hurt

over and over again,

I forget the wounds

that rule my life.

Forgotten wounds can't be healed.

So I film to heal.

I know they may knock at my door

at any moment.

But I'll just keep filming.

It helps me confront life

and survive.

Gibreel, do you want

to go to the sea?

Say you want to!

Daddy leave me alone.

Yes, I want to.

For my last treatment in Tel Aviv,

Gibreel and Taki-Ydin

are allowed to come with me.

I've waited for this for so long

What are you so happy about?

The sea!

The sixth camera witnessed spring 2010.

At the last day of filming

the destruction of the wall,

Emad was hit by a stun grenade

...but his camera wasn't harmed

and is still filming to this day.

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