"Acclaimed Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri has died in northern Israel, ending a five-decade career that established him as one of the most influential voices in Palestinian cinema. Bakri died on Wednesday at Galilee Medical Centre in Nahariya after suffering from heart and lung problems, hospital officials said. His passing removes a towering figure whose work directly challenged Israeli narratives and whose decades-long legal battles over censorship became a defining chapter in Palestinian cultural resistance."
"Israeli authorities banned the documentary from screening in 2021, with the Supreme Court upholding the prohibition in 2022, deeming it defamatory. I intend to appeal the verdict because it is unfair, it is neutering my truth, Bakri told the Walla News website at the time. Five soldiers sued Bakri, and courts eventually fined him hundreds of thousands of shekels while ordering all copies seized and online links removed."
Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian actor and filmmaker, died at 72 in Nahariya after heart and lung problems. He built a five-decade career as a leading voice in Palestinian cinema through acting and directing. Bakri’s 2002 documentary Jenin, Jenin captured testimonies after an Israeli military operation that killed 52 Palestinians and sparked long-running controversy. Israeli authorities banned the film in 2021 and the Supreme Court upheld the ban in 2022, calling it defamatory. Bakri faced lawsuits from soldiers, large fines, seizure of copies and removal of online links. Born in 1953 in Bi'ina, he studied Arabic literature and theatre and began acting in prominent films by age 30.
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