15 Questions for Emad Burnat

This weekend brings the Academy Awards, also know as the Oscars, a big weekend for Palestine this year. "5 Broken Cameras," the first-person documentary that chronicles Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation and settlement expansion in the West Bank village of Bil'in, is nominated for Best Documentary! Unfortunately, on his way to Hollywood, filmmaker Emad Burnat, his wife, and his eight year-old son were detained at LAX airport. They have since been released and are looking forward to an eventful weekend.

The Academy Awards has a list of questions for nominees which, once filled out, is then posted on its website. Here are Emad's answers about himself, his experience, his film and his hopes for the future.

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