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.

Frank Barat
Frank Barat at SOAS 2014
Born	France
Occupation	Activist, author, film producer
Notable works	As editor: Gaza in Crisis by Noam Chomsky On Palestine by Noam Chomsky Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis As contributor: Defier Le Recit Des Puissants by Ken Loach

Books

• Editor: Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians 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]

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