5 Broken Cameras vs The Distant Barking of Dogs

5 Broken Cameras and The Distant Barking of Dogs are tied on audience score (7.5/10). 5 Broken Cameras is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 31m. 5 Broken Cameras is the older of the two (2011 against 2017). Both are documentary, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

5 Broken Cameras poster5 Broken Cameras2011 VS The Distant Barking of Dogs posterThe Distant Barking of Dogs2017
5 Broken CamerasThe Distant Barking of Dogs
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.6/10
Year20112017
Length1h 30m1h 31m
GenresCrime, Documentary, Drama, WarDocumentary, War
CountryFranceDenmark
DirectorEmad Burnat, Guy DavidiSimon Lereng Wilmont
Main castEmad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Gibreel Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin BurnatAlexandra Ryabichkina, Oleg Afanasyev

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…

The Distant Barking of Dogs

Hnutove, Donbass, eastern Ukraine, 2015. Young Oleg lives in a war zone where anti-aircraft gunshots and missile attacks often resonate dangerously near. Although many inhabitants have already left this dangerous area, he remains with his grandmother, who has cared for him since his mother's death, because they have nowhere to go. They are just waiting for the war to end.

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