Palestinian Oscar nominee held at LA airport

Imad Burnat, co-director of '5 Broken Cameras' which was Oscar nominated, had to endure with his family a replay of that all-too-familiar checkpoint experience en route to Hollywood, when he had to call on fellow- documentarist Michael Moore to help prove he was in the US for a legitimate purpose. Unfortunately he didn't get the Oscar this time. http://journomania.net/culture/38-art-and-culture/806-imad-burnat-the-palestinian-director-of-the-5-broken-cameras-on-the-red-carpet.html