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LOS ANGELES, California - An Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker got a less than warm welcome when he arrived in L.A. for this week's celebrations. Homeland Security threatened to deport him! The documentary "5 Broken Cameras" is about Israeli occupation. It was shot by Emad Burnat, who is a farmer on the West Bank. When Burnat arrived at LAX, security problems arose until filmmaker Michael Moore intervened.
"They stopped me and they started questioning me and they asked me for more proof and more documents, and I told them I had the visa, I had the reservation, I had everything," says Burnat.
"I believe he told them he's an olive farmer, so I think the Homeland Security person was trying to process that," says filmmaker Michael Moore. "'Okay, you're a farmer, you're Palestinian, and you are an Oscar nominee. Right, and I'm nominated for the Nobel Price,' you know."
Burnat's film is entitled "5 Broken Cameras" because he lost that many cameras trying to report on the strife in his village. It's the first Palestinian documentary ever nominated for an Oscar. The Oscars will be awarded this Sunday.
"They stopped me and they started questioning me and they asked me for more proof and more documents, and I told them I had the visa, I had the reservation, I had everything," says Burnat.
"I believe he told them he's an olive farmer, so I think the Homeland Security person was trying to process that," says filmmaker Michael Moore. "'Okay, you're a farmer, you're Palestinian, and you are an Oscar nominee. Right, and I'm nominated for the Nobel Price,' you know."
Burnat's film is entitled "5 Broken Cameras" because he lost that many cameras trying to report on the strife in his village. It's the first Palestinian documentary ever nominated for an Oscar. The Oscars will be awarded this Sunday.
Friday, February 22 2013, 06:53 AM CST
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Former Dyer County constable sentenced to prison
May 23, 2013 12:50 GMT
DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Dyer County Constable Derick Shane Hundley has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.
The State Gazette (http://bit.ly/14UHydd ) reported Hundley was sentenced Monday after earlier entering a guilty plea to enticement of a minor through electronic means. The government dropped a child pornography count.
Prosecutors said Hundley, who is 30, used a cellphone to try to entice a minor female to have sex with him. Police arrested Hundley last July and found an external hard drive that contained numerous images of minors involved in sex. He resigned from the constable post he had won in 2010 after his arrest.
Information from: State Gazette, http://www.stategazette.com
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