Frank Barat
Frank Barat | |
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 Frank Barat at SOAS 2014 | |
| Born | France |
| Occupation | Activist, author, film producer |
| Notable works | As editor: |
Frank Barat is a French activist, author and film producer. He was the coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine from 2008 until 2014.[1] He is the co-founder of BARC Productions, a film production company, created in Brussels in February 2019.[2] He has edited books with Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, Ken Loach and Angela Davis. He was part of the founding team of the Festival Ciné-Palestine[3] in Paris and the Palestine with Love[4] festival in Brussels.
Barat has written for The Nation,[5] Al Jazeera English,[6] Jadaliyya,[7] The New Internationalist,[8] The Electronic Intifada,[9] The Palestine Chronicle,[10] Middle East Eye,[11] Ceasefire Magazine,[12] ROAR Magazine,[13] Counterpunch[14] and Mondoweiss.[15]
Books
- Editor: Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky (Haymarket Books, 2010)[16]
- Editor: On Palestine (Haymarket Books, 2015)[17]
- Contributor: Defier le recit des puissants (Defying The Mighty) By Ken Loach Indigène Editions 2014,)[18]
- Editor: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement By Angela Davis Haymarket Books 2016’’[19]
- Co-author (with Asa Winstanley): Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation Evidence from the London Session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.[20]
Documentaries
- Director/producer: Nine days In Palestine, 2008. During the winter of 2007 a group of 18 people took part in a study tour with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. The aim was to gain a better understanding of the situation by witnessing the facts on the ground.
- Director/producer: Life Under Occupation, 2008. A documentary about life in Palestine and more especially in Nablus, the biggest city of the West Bank.[21]
- London Recruits, 2020. Co-producer, London Recruits, 2020. A Barefoot Rascals production in association with BARC Productions. During the 60s and 70s young revolutionaries, recruited in London, undertook daring missions inside Apartheid South Africa for the ANC. Director & producer: Gordon Main.[22]
Selected television interviews
- After Brussels Attack, Will Response Be More War or a Look at the Root Causes of Terrorism? Interview by US TV Channel, Democracy Now! March 2016.[23]
- Global Palestine and worldwide solidarity - Frank Barat - Part 2. Frank Barat speaks at the University of Chile Faculty of Law, focusing on Global Palestine, worldwide solidarity and the need to remain optimistic.[24]
- How Can we solve the Israeli Palestine Problem? Barat Speaks as the coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine[25]
References
- ^ "The Russell Tribunal on Palestine". The Russell Tribunal on Palestine.
- ^ "Frank Barat". Screen Brussels.
- ^ "Homepage | Festival Ciné Palestine". festivalpalestine.paris.
- ^ "PALESTINE WITH LOVE". BOZAR.
- ^ "Frank Barat". The Nation.
- ^ "Frank Barat". Al Jazera.
- ^ "Frank Barat". Jadaliyya.
- ^ "Author Details". The New Internationalist.
- ^ "Frank Barat". The Electronic Intifada.
- ^ "What Hope is there?". The Palestine Chronicle.
- ^ "Barat". The Middle East Eye.
- ^ "Frank Barat". Cease Fire Magazine.
- ^ "Frank Barat - Resilliance". ROAR Magazine.
- ^ "An Interview with Roger Waters". Counterpunch.
- ^ "'Palestine Place' comes to London, and the west will never be the same". Mondoweiss.
- ^ Noam, Chomsky (November 2010). Gaza In Crisis. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1608460977.
- ^ Chomsky, Noam (April 2015). [1608464709 On Palestine]. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1608464708.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Loach, Ken (June 2014). Défier Le Récit Des Puissants. Indigène Editions. ISBN 979-1090354531.
- ^ Davis, Angela (2016). Freedom Is A Constant Struggle. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1608465644.
- ^ Barat, Frank (December 2011). Corporate Complicity In Israel's Occupation. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0745331607.
- ^ Barat, Frank. "Life Under Occupation". Archive.org.
- ^ Main, Gordon. "London Recruits". London Recruits Film.
- ^ Barat, Frank. "After Brussels Attack, Will Response Be More War or a Look at the Root Causes of Terrorism". Democracy Now!.
- ^ Barat, Frank. "Global Palestine and worldwide solidarity". YouTube.
- ^ Moukaddem, Sami. "How Can We solve the Palestinian Israeli Problem?". Palestine Israel Problem. Abalabal. Retrieved 1 July 2012.