5 Broken Cameras vs A Double Life

A Double Life is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 30m. 5 Broken Cameras is the older of the two (2011 against 2023). Both are crime, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

5 Broken Cameras poster5 Broken Cameras2011 VS A Double Life posterA Double Life2023
5 Broken CamerasA Double Life
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 0.0/10
Year20112023
Length1h 30m1h 25m
GenresCrime, Documentary, Drama, WarCrime, Documentary
CountryFrance–
DirectorEmad Burnat, Guy DavidiCatherine Masud
Main castEmad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Gibreel Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin Burnat–

Synopsis

5 Broken Cameras

Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he…

A Double Life

The grim news made international headlines: On August 21, 1971, prison authorities discovered a gun on famed Soledad Brother author, activist and San Quentin inmate George Jackson. A shootout ensued, killing Jackson, two other inmates and three guards, and wounding three more officers. Authorities asserted that only lawyer Stephen Bingham could have smuggled the weapon into the prison. Fearing that a conviction for abetting the guards’ deaths…

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