The two incarnations of Mohammad Bakri: The actor gave Israelis hope; the director they couldn't handle
On the screen he brought the noble and upright Palestinian to the Israeli audience. Behind the camera Bakri, who died last week at 72, tried to show Palestinian pain and trauma – and paid a price for it
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![תמונה פותחת](https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000019b-6a25-dcc6-a5bb-7f3713bb0005/60/60/7dea6e184547b87d96bd6b10a477/64249204.JPG?precrop=2008,2362,x776,y0&width=620&height=729&cmsprod "Mohammad Bakri in award-winning 1984 Israeli film "Beyond the Walls." Bakri turned his back on the image of the humiliated, weak Arab victim. Credit: April Films / Collection Christo")
Mohammad Bakri in award-winning 1984 Israeli film "Beyond the Walls." Bakri turned his back on the image of the humiliated, weak Arab victim. Credit: April Films / Collection Christo
On the screen he brought the noble and upright Palestinian to the Israeli audience. Behind the camera Bakri, who died last week at 72, tried to show Palestinian pain and trauma – and paid a price for it
