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Mohammad Bakri is a Palestinian actor and film director who has appeared in Israeli, international and Palestinian films. He is known for his controversial documentary Jenin, Jenin, which was banned and sued by the Israeli authorities.
- Hanna K.
- Beyond The Walls
- Cup Final
- The Milky Way
- Haifa
- 1948
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- The Tower
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Bakri made his screen debut with a splash. At the age of thirty, he was selected to play the main Palestinian character in a major international production: Costa-Gavras’ 1983 film Hanna K. Based on a screenplay by the writer of The Battle of Algiers, Hanna K.is concerned with a lawyer, the titular Hanna, whose Palestinian defendant, Selim (Bakri),...
The 80s and 90s were not a great time to be an Arab actor - neither in Israel nor internationally. The few roles that did exist were often limited to gross, stock characters: the Arab as terrorist or suicide bomber. With a few exceptions, Bakri managed to avoid taking on these roles, and in some cases, he was even able to suggest ways to improve hi...
The most interesting film from this period is Eran Riklis’ 1991 film Cup Final. Set in 1982, this film follows a group of Palestinian fighters in southern Lebanon who manage to capture two Israeli soldiers. The film follows their journey back to Beirut, and although they never exactly become friends, the relationship between the Palestinians and th...
As groundbreaking as Bakri’s contributions to films likeBeyond the Walls and Cup Finalwere, his roles were still quite limited. It seemed that he was destined to only play prisoners and militants. This gradually began to shift with the rise of independent Palestinian cinema in the late 1980s and 1990s. As Palestinian productions started to take off...
One of Bakri’s most notable collaborations has been with the Gaza-born filmmaker Rashid Masharawi. Bakri has appeared in several of his films, including Haifa (1996) andLaila’s Birthday(2008). In the former, Bakri plays a madman - the archetypical village idiot- who runs around his Gaza refugee camp excitedly yelling out the names of conquered town...
While Jenin, Jenin is the film that gave Bakri his notoriety, it was neither the first nor the last documentary for him to direct. Timed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Nakba, his directorial debut, 1948, brought memories to the screen that had otherwise been absent from cinema. While the Nakba exists in the shadows of most Palesti...
With the release of Jenin, Jeninin 2002, Bakri became persona non grata in Israeli circles. One of his most important sources for work thus became unavailable to him, and as a result, he increasingly turned to international productions. Notably, some of these films have been about the struggles of other communities, including Armenians and Kurds. A...
The Toweris an animated film using stop-motion puppets, and it follows three generations of a family that fled Palestine and is now living in Lebanon’s Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp. Bakri served as one of the voice actors. Mats Grorud, the film’s Norwegian director, has a personal connection to the story. In the 1980s, his mother had volunteered ...
With Bakri’s screen career approaching the end of its fourth decade, it shows little signs of slowing down. Moreover, his contribution to Palestinian cinema goes beyond his own work, and three of his children -Saleh, Ziad, and Adam- have become actors in their own right. These days, it almost seems like every new Palestinian film has at least one o...
Learn about the career and achievements of Mohammad Bakri, one of the most visible Palestinian actors in Israel, who faced legal battles and threats for his documentary Jenin, Jenin. Discover 10 of his films that showcase his talent and commitment to Palestinian life and identity.
Mohammad Bakri is a Palestinian filmmaker born in Israel in 1953. He has directed and starred in films such as Jenin, Jenin, Blackness and The Tower, and won several awards.
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Mohammad Bakri is a popular and versatile performer who has worked with many renowned directors and appeared in various films, TV shows and plays. He is also a director and a writer, and his sons are also actors.
Top court orders director Mohammad Bakri to pay damages to IDF officer and holds him responsible for slanderous film's distribution on YouTube and screenings in Israel
Nov 24, 2022 · Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the appeal by Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri in a defamation and libel case filed against him by an Israeli soldier.
Oct 7, 2016 · Mohammad Bakri was born in the Palestinian village of Bi'ina in the Galilee in 1953. He attended elementary school in his hometown and received his secondary education in the nearby city of Acre.
