Even if you don't quite understand the complicated politics behind the bitter intractability of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you'll have a visceral reaction to 5 Broken Cameras, a documentary that captures five years of protests via the amateur lenses of Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer whose hometown of Bil'in on the West Bank was overtaken by Israeli settlements just as his youngest son, Gibreel, was born.

Edited by Guy Davidi, as the title implies, the footage was captured by five inexpensive cameras from 2005 to 2010, though each was eventually broken amid violence and replaced. More personal than journalistic, 5 Broken Cameras - winner of the 2012World Cinema Directing Award for Documentary at Sundance and considered for an Academy Award for Best Documentary  - retains an interest in the human contours of the situation, however, the movie is necessary, if difficult, viewing.

The documentary will be screened Saturday in Tacoma. Emad Burnat's brother, Iyad Burnat - a nonviolent activist from Bil'in - will host the film, then discuss his life in the West Bank under Israeli military occupation.

Palestinian finger food will be served.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 5 P.M. 621 TACOMA AVE. S., TACOMA, 253.627.0129