US EditionRenowned Palestinian Actor and Director Mohammad Bakri Dies at 72
Mohammad Bakri was a pioneering Palestinian artist whose 2002 documentary 'Jenin, Jenin' faced legal bans but amplified Palestinian narratives worldwide, winning Best Documentary at Carthage.
- On Wednesday, Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian actor and filmmaker, died at 72 after his health suddenly worsened and he was hospitalized at Nahariya Hospital.
- Born in 1953 in Bi'ina, village in the Galilee, Mohammad Bakri studied theatre and Arabic literature at Tel Aviv University and acted in more than 40 films over five decades, winning the Palestine National Appreciation Award .
- As director, Bakri's 2002 documentary `Jenin, Jenin` recorded residents' testimonies about alleged war crimes during Operation Defensive Shield and won festival prizes, while Israeli courts banned it in 2021, seized copies, and fined Bakri amid legal battles.
- He is survived by his wife Leila, a daughter and five sons, including actors Saleh Bakri, Ziad Bakri and Adam Bakri, and Saleh said last year, `From my experience with the censorship and the persecution of my father, it gave the film a push`.
- Bakri described creativity as inseparable from struggle, saying `In Palestine, we steal life in order to live and resist`, and his wife Leila funded films through personal loans.
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He carried out the document "Jenin, Jenin", on a comparison between the Israeli Army and Palestinian militias in the so-called "Batalha de Jenin", whose projection was prohibited in Israeli territory.
Actor and director Mohammad Bakri died at the age of 72 as a result of heart and lung problems in an Israeli hospital. This is what we learned on Wednesday 24 December. His commitment to the Palestinian cause had resulted in regular confrontations with the Israeli authorities, notably following the production of his documentary "Jenin, Jenin".
DISPARITION - The actor and director, known for his documentary Jenin, Jenin released in 2002, died on Wednesday in an Israeli hospital.
Attacked in Israel, his film "Jenin, Jenin" was banned from broadcasting in 2022, the Israeli Supreme Court calling it "defamatory."
He was a major figure in the Palestinian cause. Actor and director Mohammed Bakri, known for his documentary "Jenin, Jenin", died this Wednesday in an Israeli hospital, according to a spokesman for the institution. "Mohammed Bakri died this Wednesday in the Galileo medical centre" in Nahariya, northern Israel, told AFP the spokesman for the hospital, Gal Zaid. He died from heart and lung disorders, according to his family. Born in Galilee in 195…
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