Frank Barat Explained

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Birth Place:	France
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Occupation:	Activist, author, film producer

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.

Books

• Editor: by Noam Chomsky (Haymarket Books, 2010)^[5]
• Editor: On Palestine (Haymarket Books, 2015)^[6]
• Contributor: Defier le recit des puissants (Defying The Mighty) By Ken Loach Indigène Editions 2014,)^[7]
• Editor: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement By Angela Davis Haymarket Books 2016’’^[8]
• Co-author (with Asa Winstanley): Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation Evidence from the London Session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.^[9]

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.^[10]
• 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.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Russell Tribunal on Palestine . The Russell Tribunal on Palestine.
2. Web site: Frank Barat . Screen Brussels.
3. Web site: Homepage | Festival Ciné Palestine. festivalpalestine.paris.
4. Web site: PALESTINE WITH LOVE. BOZAR. 2019-11-26. 2018-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180712121829/https://www.bozar.be/en/activities/140073-palestine-with-love. dead.
5. Book: Noam . Chomsky . Gaza In Crisis . November 2010 . Haymarket Books . 978-1608460977 .
6. Book: Chomsky . Noam . [1608464709 On Palestine ]. April 2015 . Haymarket Books . 978-1608464708 .
7. Book: Loach . Ken . Défier Le Récit Des Puissants . June 2014 . Indigène Editions . 979-1090354531 .
8. Book: Davis . Angela . Freedom Is A Constant Struggle . 2016 . Haymarket Books . 978-1608465644 .
9. Book: Barat . Frank . Corporate Complicity In Israel's Occupation . December 2011 . Pluto Press . 978-0745331607 .
10. Web site: Barat . Frank . Life Under Occupation . Archive.org.
11. Web site: Main . Gordon . London Recruits . London Recruits Film.