Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer and filmmaker from Bil’in, a West Bank village, is the Co-Director of Oscar-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras. The documentary covers the non-violent resistance movement in the village of Bil’in and is focused on the destruction of 5 of Emad’s cameras which were destroyed in his coverage of non-violent resistance marches in Bil’in.

Michael Moore recently came to Emad’s defense and helped secure Emad’s release when he was unjustly detained at LAX upon arrival to the United States.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emad-burnat/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emad-burnat/5-broken-cameras-oscars_b_2744545.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/emad-burnat-the-oscarnominated-palestinian-farmer-who-survived-bullets-arrests-and-being-held-at-lax-airport-8507614.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/palestinian-oscar-nominee-detained-lax-article-1.1269059