Emad Burnat is a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

farmer and filmmaker. He is the first Palestinian nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosoph ...

Film

His documentary ''

5 Broken Cameras ''5 Broken Cameras'' ( ar, خمس كاميرات محطمة ''Khamas Kamīrāt Muḥaṭṭamah''; he, חמש מצלמות שבורות ''Hamesh Matslemot Shvurot'') is a 94-minute documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israel ...

'' is a first-hand account of life and demonstrations in

Bil'in Bil'in ( ar, بلعين) is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bil'in has a population of 1, ...

, a

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

village adjacent to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i 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 Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin ''controversia'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opposite d ...

amongst the Palestinian community due to the ongoing boycott against Israel by Palestinians. The boycott, however, was never intended to include a boycott of Israeli activists and the problem stems from Israel having claimed the film as their own following its Oscar nomination in 2012.

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.

References

External links

Emad Burnat
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"Palestinian Director: Airport Officials Treated Me Like Dirt"
''TMZ''
Interview With Emad Burnat, “5 Broken Cameras”
''Film Society of Lincoln Center'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Burnat, Emad Palestinian film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people)