Name Emad Burnat Role Farmer | Movies 5 Broken Cameras Ex-spouse Soraya Burnat | |
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Siblings Iyad Burnat, Riyad Burnat, Eyad Burnat, Jafar Burnat, Khaled Burnat Children Mohammed Burnat, Yasin Burnat, Taky-Adin Burnat, Gibreel Burnat Parents Muhammad Burnat, Intisar Burnat Similar People Guy Davidi, Iyad Burnat, Dror Moreh, Christine Camdessus, Adnan Joubran | ||
In conversation with emad burnat
Emad Burnat is a Palestinian farmer and filmmaker. He is the first Palestinian nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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- In conversation with emad burnat
- Emad burnat the story of my village is the story of palestine
- Film
- Detention
- References
Emad burnat the story of my village is the story of palestine
Film
His documentary 5 Broken Cameras is a first-hand account of life and demonstrations in Bil'in, a West Bank village adjacent to Israeli settlements. The film was co-directed by Burnat and Guy Davidi, an Israeli filmmaker. The film is structured in chapters around the destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras and the film follows one family’s evolution over five years of village upheaval.
Five Broken Cameras is a Palestinian-Israeli-French co-production. Both the personal style of the movie and, especially, Burnat's working with an Israeli filmmaker, has been controversial.
Detention
On February 19, 2013, he and his family were detained at Los Angeles International Airport, when customs officials refused to believe his reason for entry.
Although this was an unpleasant experience, this is a daily occurrence for Palestinians, every single day, throughout the West Bank. There are more than 500 Israeli checkpoints, roadblocks, and other barriers to movement across our land, and not a single one of us has been spared the experience that my family and I experienced yesterday.