{{US immigration officials briefly detained the Palestinian director of the Oscar-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras on his way into Los Angeles for Sunday’s Academy Awards.}}<\/p>\n
Emad Burnat said that when he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport from Turkey with his wife and eight-year-old son late on Tuesday, he was told he did not have the proper proof that he was a nominee.<\/p>\n
“Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles … my family and I were held at US immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“Although this was an unpleasant experience, this is a daily occurrence for Palestinians, every single day, throughout the West Bank.”<\/p>\n
Burnat had earlier spent nearly six hours at an Israeli checkpoint as he attempted to drive to Amman to catch his flight to the US.<\/p>\n
His detention in the US was first reported by filmmaker Michael Moore, a friend of Burnat’s, who said he received an urgent text message from Burnat from a holding pen at the airport.<\/p>\n
According to Moore’s blog post, the director told Burnat to give Homeland Security his name and cell phone number to have him explain why Burnat was in the US.<\/p>\n
Burnat had just been in the US two weeks earlier doing interviews alongside his co-director, Israeli activist Guy Davidi.<\/p>\n
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not comment on the case but said in a statement that it “strives to treat all travellers with respect and in a professional manner, while maintaining the focus of our mission to protect all citizens and visitors in the United States.<\/p>\n
“Travellers may be referred for further inspection for a variety of reasons to include identity verification, intent of travel, and confirmation of admissibility.”<\/p>\n
5 Broken Cameras features footage Burnat shot in his occupied West Bank village, Bilin – from everyday activities with his family to protests against the occupation and shootings.<\/p>\n
The title refers to the number of smashed cameras since he began filming.<\/p>\n
Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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