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Support Filmmaker and Actor, Mohammad Bakri

Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and one of the country's most prominent actors and directors, has been fighting for his democratic right to free expression since 2002 when he made the world-famous film Jenin Jenin. Shortly after the Israeli military attacked a refugee camp in Jenin, banning reporters and human rights observers "for safety" reasons, Bakri snuck in and interviewed the survivors and asked them to tell their stories from their perspective.

The government of Israel censored his film for 2 years, and in a remarkable move for a government, recently joined a group of Israeli soldiers in an ongoing lawsuit against him for defamation.

Please join the filmmakers listed below in calling for the nomination of Bakri for the first Free Speech Bear Award at the 2010 Berlinale to call attention to his fight for free expression.


I support the nomination of Mohammad Bakri for the 1st annual Golden Bear Award for Free Speech to be awarded on February 19 at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival. May this award serve as a reminder that the government of Israel cannot silence artists with impunity.
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2944 Mon Jun 06 03:05:24 EDT 2011 Anonymous
2943 Fri Mar 18 14:02:22 EDT 2011 Manny Parker
2942 Fri Mar 04 14:45:39 EST 2011 cristina soler
2941 Sun Dec 26 02:50:57 EST 2010 paula lachevre
2940 Wed Oct 13 05:30:13 EDT 2010 Anonymous
2939 Wed Oct 13 05:30:06 EDT 2010 Anonymous
2938 Tue Apr 27 15:41:14 EDT 2010 Maria Roubou
2937 Sat Apr 17 01:36:23 EDT 2010 Taly Mizrahi
2936 Mon Mar 29 09:52:44 EDT 2010 Raya Cohen
2935 Wed Mar 24 07:26:23 EDT 2010 ikram youssef sayed
2934 Tue Mar 23 19:46:31 EDT 2010 hasan ceritoglu
2933 Mon Mar 22 19:23:07 EDT 2010 William Antoun
2932 Thu Mar 18 05:25:03 EDT 2010 Anonymous
2931 Tue Mar 16 03:29:27 EDT 2010 Anonymous
2930 Mon Mar 15 21:30:13 EDT 2010 Anonymous
2929 Mon Mar 15 13:14:25 EDT 2010 Anonymous
2928 Sun Mar 14 21:10:43 EDT 2010 Cecelia Beckwith
2927 Fri Mar 12 17:26:40 EST 2010 Bruce Mellon
2926 Thu Mar 11 09:13:26 EST 2010 Anonymous
2925 Thu Mar 11 09:03:06 EST 2010 Anonymous
2924 Thu Mar 11 08:58:55 EST 2010 janet Henfrey
2923 Thu Mar 11 05:00:03 EST 2010 Robert Mill
2922 Wed Mar 10 01:52:12 EST 2010 sharon angelhart
2921 Tue Mar 09 12:23:56 EST 2010 Didem Unat
2920 Tue Mar 09 02:01:44 EST 2010 Saadet Ceran
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Read the entire nomination letter signed by the artists below.

Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now, Berlinale Competition 2005, Golden Globe 2006, Udi Aloni*, Forgiveness, Berlinale Panorama 2006, Woodstock Audience Award 2006, Saleh Bakri (actor), The Time That Remains, Cannes 2009, Simone Bitton, Rachel, Berlinale Forum 2009, Scandar Copti, Ajami, Oscar nominee, 2010, Elle Flanders*, Zero Degrees of Separation, Berlinale Forum, 2006, John Greyson*, Fig Trees, Berlinale Teddy Award 2009, Annemarie Jacir, Salt of The Sea, Cannes 2008, Sarah Kamens, Kashmir Journey to Freedom, Berlinale Panorama Opening Doc-night, 2009, Eran Kolirin, The Band’s Visit, Cannes Prize un certain regard 2007, Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg, TIFF best Candian film 2008, Juliano Merr-Khamis, Arna’s Children, Best Documentary, TriBeCa Film Festival 2006, Oren Moverman, The Messenger, Berlinale Silver Bear 2009, Oscar nominee 2010, Eyal Sivan, The Specialist, Berlinale Official Selection special 1999, The Grimme Award 1999, Kobi Snitz (Protagonist), Budrus, Panorama 2010, Yousef Sweid (actor), The Bubble, Berlinale Panorama 2007, Yael Hersonski, A Film Unfinished, Berlinale Panorama 2010, Sundance Festival, World Cinema Documentary Editing Award 2010, The Yes Men*, The Yes Men Fix The World, Berlinale Panorama, Audience Award 2009 

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