Film screening — 5 Broken Cameras
20/11/2024
The camera transforms into a fragile shield, capable of narrating the passage of time and the mounting tension, the fear, and determination of the people of Bil’in, who resist with peaceful protests as soldiers advance and the boundaries of home crumble. Every broken camera tells a story: its cracks become symbols of loss and perseverance, fragments of a collective longing for peace and freedom that stubbornly persists amidst dust and hope. The eye that sees and bears witness becomes a silent voice that does not falter, and with every shattered fragment, it becomes a seed.
5 Broken Cameras, screened by Recontemporary on Wednesday, November 20, at 7:00 PM, is part of the independent film series CHE LA MIA VOCE SIA UN SEME (Let my voice be a seed), curated by Alessandro Maccarrone.
Film Screening
20.11 — 7:00 PM
Recontemporary, Via Gaudenzio Ferrari 12b
Admission by donation (proceeds will be donated to one or more organizations and families supported by Watermelon Friends).
Event Admission
Entry to the events is donation-based. You can choose to make a donation to one or more organizations or families supported by Watermelon Friends before the screening, on-site, by showing confirmation of your donation. During the events, donations can also be made via Satispay or in cash. All collected proceeds will be distributed to the same fundraising campaigns. Many more families will be supported through the contributions made during the events.
Additionally, during the event, you will have the opportunity to purchase drawings created by Gazan children as part of the Heart of Gaza project, an artistic tent curated by Mohammed Timraz and Féile Butler. Proceeds from these sales will go to We Are Not Alone, through which Mohammed regularly supports his community.
CHE LA MIA VOCE SIA UN SEME
Looking at the sky, I dream of a fabric kite. That white kite with its long tail is a father, a mother, a brother, a sister, a soul, a voice. The voice allows us to be forever present in every beating heart. Looking at the earth, I dream of a seed—small, often invisible, yet it holds the essence of life. That seed will one day heal a father, a mother, a brother, a sister, a soul. And so, it flies, it sows, where every dream touches the sky, and every soul finds peace.
CHE LA MIA VOCE SIA UN SEME (Let my voice be a seed) is an independent film series dedicated to Palestine, held across various locations in Turin from October 2024 to February 2025.
The title of the series, CHE LA MIA VOCE SIA UN SEME (Let my voice be a seed), is a reimagined quote drawn from the final lines of the poem If I Should Die by Refaat Alareer (read in the first comment).
Refaat was killed on the night of December 6-7, 2023, along with seven other members of his family, during an Israeli raid that struck his home.
In his poem, Refaat writes, "Let my end be a story." In the narratives of the films presented, the voices of the Palestinian people do not foresee an end but rather a seed capable of sprouting, spreading its roots to cleanse the evil poisoning the land.