5 Broken Cameras vs Con Mum

5 Broken Cameras has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7/10 for Con Mum). Con Mum is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 30m. 5 Broken Cameras is the older of the two (2011 against 2025). Both are crime, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

5 Broken Cameras poster5 Broken Cameras2011 VS Con Mum posterCon Mum2025
5 Broken CamerasCon Mum
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.0/10
Year20112025
Length1h 30m1h 28m
GenresCrime, Documentary, Drama, WarCrime, Documentary
CountryFrance–
DirectorEmad Burnat, Guy DavidiNick Green
Main castEmad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Gibreel Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin BurnatGraham Hornigold

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…

Con Mum

A chef's life is upended when a jet-setting, champagne-sipping, hotel-hopping woman claims to be his long-lost mother. This documentary reveals the untold story.

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