Mohammed Barakat and Philippe Diaz on The Patrick Henningsen Show - 20 July 2024

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Nirit Sommerfeld Mohammed Barakat has a lot of experience in explaining Palestine and the situation of the Palestinians to foreigners. He is a a second generation Palestinian living in Jerusalem. He was an eyewitness of the six day war in 1967 before he graduated from high school, married and became father of 5 children. Later on he was a member of the executive committee of the trade union in the West Bank and the general federation of trade unions before he started to work for "Green Olive Tours“, explaining and discussing the cultural and political situation of the Palestinians to foreign tourists.

GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Philippe Diaz is known for directing documentaries “The End of Poverty?” (Invited to over 41 film festivals including official selection at Cannes Critics’ Week), “The Empire In Africa,” (official selection at Cannes Critics’ Week, Best Documentary awards at SlamDance, African Film Festival Montreal and Hollywood Film Festival) and the narrative feature “Now & Later.” 

He has produced over 25 films and was awarded the Louis Delluc, France’s top award, in 1986 for “Mauvais Sang'' which was nominated for 3 Césars. In 2004, he created Cinema Libre Studio, to provide an alternative structure for intelligent, indie films to get developed, financed, produced and distributed. 

Philippe Diaz is known for directing documentaries “The End of Poverty?” (Invited to over 41 film festivals including official selection at Cannes Critics’ Week), “The Empire In Africa,” (official selection at Cannes Critics’ Week, Best Documentary awards at SlamDance, African Film Festival Montreal and Hollywood Film Festival) and the narrative feature “Now & Later.” 

He wrote, directed and edited, "I Am Gitmo," starring Sammy Sheikh, Eric Pierpoint and Paul Kampf. The film was an official selection of the Marbella International Film Festival where it was nominate for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director; Sammy Sheik was awarded Best Actor.