By Amy Goodman
"The Academy Awards ceremony will make history this year with the first-ever
nomination of a feature documentary made by a Palestinian. “
5 Broken Cameras”
was filmed and directed by
Emad Burnat, a resident of the occupied Palestinian
West Bank town of Bil’in, along with his Israeli
filmmaking
partner Guy Davidi. What does a Palestinian farmer wear on the red carpet in
Hollywood? We were almost prevented from knowing, as
Burnat, his wife and
8-year-old son were detained at Los Angeles International Airport and
threatened
with deportation. Despite his formal invitation from the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences as an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, it took the
intervention of Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore, who now sits on the
Academy Board of Governors, followed by Academy attorneys, for Burnat and his
family to gain entry into the country....."
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