5 Broken Cameras Screening x Why Palestine?: Reflections from Singapore by Walid Jumbled Abdullah.

Rated: NC16 (Only persons 16 years & above as of screening date can watch this film)

Date: Sunday 04 May 2025

Time: 2pm (Movie 2pm-3.45pm | Post show conversation 3.45pm-4.45pm)

Venue: The Projector at Cineleisure

Join us for a screening of 5 Broken Cameras followed by a post-show conversation with author Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, moderated by Dr Mas'uud Ibnu Samsudin.

Part of ticket proceeds will be donated to Mercy Relief's "Hope for Gaza, West Bank & Palestine Refugee Camps" fundraising campaign. 

Ticket Price: 

- $17.50 - Ticket price inclusive of $10 donation to Mercy Relief

- $27.50 - Ticket price inclusive of $20 donation to Mercy Relief

*Please see below for more details about the donor recipient and fundraising campaign

Following the film, Dr Mas'uud Ibnu Samsudin, who recently treated Palestinian refugees in Jordan, will moderate a conversation with Assoc Prof Walid Jumblatt Abdullah on his new book Why Palestine?: Reflections From Singapore. Dr Mas'uud and Walid will discuss the themes and questions raised in the film and Why Palestine?, and their personal encounters with Palestine. The session will conclude with an author QnA with the audience.

Ethos Books will also be selling copies of 'Why Palestine?'. Their booth will be located at Level 5 (Cinema Foyer) from 1.30pm to 5.15pm, on Sunday 4 May.

This event is co-presented with Ethos Books.

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ABOUT THE FILM: 5 BROKEN CAMERAS

18 wins & 10 nominations, including 2013 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature & 2012 Sundance winner for Best Director (World Cinema, Documentary)

5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village, affected by the Israeli West Bank barrier. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the film was assembled by Burnat and Israeli co-director Guy Davidi.

Structured around the destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, the filmmakers’ collaboration follows one family’s evolution over five years of village turmoil. This documentary is part home movie, part resistance journal, part memorial and part impossible collaboration.

ABOUT THE BOOK: WHY PALESTINE?: REFLECTIONS FROM SINGAPORE

If you’ve ever wondered why people keep talking about Palestine, or the point of keeping up with a long-drawn conflict in the Middle East and what difference you could possibly make, this book is for you. Political analyst and podcaster Walid Jumblatt Abdullah takes on questions that Singaporeans have often raised about Palestine, laying out answers that clarify and inform. Find out more about the book and author here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Walid Jumblatt Abdullah is an Associate Professor at the Public Policy and Global Affairs Program, Nanyang Technological University. He works on relationships between Islam and the state, political Islam, and political parties and elections, with a special focus on Singapore and Malaysia. Walid has been promoting political awareness amongst younger Singaporeans, having started initiatives such as his Instagram Live series called Teh Tarik With Walid, where he has discussions with politicians, policymakers and influencers, in a bid to make politics more accessible.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR:

Dr Mas’uud is a physician currently working in primary care and the Emergency Department. He was previously trained in public health and was part of a team that recently went for a medical mission to Jordan to provide primary care services to refugees from Syria and Palestine.

*ABOUT THE DONATION OF TICKET PROCEEDS:

The Projector will donate part of ticket sales proceeds to Mercy Relief's Hope for Gaza, West Bank & Palestine Refugee Camps fundraising campaign - for ongoing field projects in providing Food aid, Shelter materials, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education and Livelihood in Gaza, West Bank, and Palestine refugee camps.

Mercy Relief is an Institution of a Public Character (IPC), with over 20 years of disaster relief and development operations in 31 countries and demonstrated technical mastery across humanitarian specialisations. For more information on Mercy Relief, please visit their website.