William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
The story of controversial civil rights lawyer William Kunstler as told by his daughters.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 26 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 27, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: New Video Group
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Sarah Kunstler & Emily Kunstler | |
Screenwriting by | Sarah Kunstler | |
Composition by | Shahad Ismaily | |
Director of Photography: | Brett Wiley | |
Hosted by | Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, Daniel Berrigan, Herman Badillo, Harry Belafonte, Phil Donahue, Jimmy Breslin, Alan Dershowitz, Elizabeth Fink, Jean Fritz, Karin Kunstler-Goldman, Tom Hayden, Bruce Jackson, Gregory Joey Johnson, Ron Kuby, Margaret Ratner Kunstler, Nancy Kurshan, Gerald Lefcourt, Rev. Vernon C. Mason, Bill Means, Michael Ratner, Paul Red, Yusef Salaam, Bobby Seale, Barry Slotnick, Lynne Stewart, M. Wesley Swearingen, Madonna Thunderhawk & Leonard Weinglass |
Entertainment Reviews:
Emily and Sarah Kunstler's decision to be the voices for their documentary WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE makes sense, because the dramatic arc of the film has partly to do with how they reconciled their father's legacy.
A.V. Club
[A]bsorbing....The film provides a rich and entertaining snapshot of America's Vietnam-era zeitgeist and of our nation's sometimes flawed legal system.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/4 --
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe offers a deeply personal view of a larger-than-life figure. It's a view filtered through a prism of memory and emotion, but one well worth investigating.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Still worth seeing despite the co-directors' inability to understand that a great lawyer will go out of his or her way to defend people being tried and convicted in places like the NY Post.
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rec.arts.movies.reviews
[A] vivid documentary....[His daughters] don't shy away from their father's showboating ego, or his eagerness to take on any client... -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 6/10 --
One of the most pronounced recent trends in documentary is the use of the medium as a form of public therapy.
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Movie Metropolis
Rating: 3/4 --
The film's point is clear. And for those looking for a straight answer, it's this: The bravest lawyer isn't the one who takes on the clients that allow him to feel good about himself. It's the one who takes on the clients that give us nightmares.
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Washington Post
Product Description:
During the second half of the 20th century, William Kunstler was one of the most admired attorneys in America -- and one of the most hated. Kunstler was a man who thrived on controversial cases; in the 1960s, he specialized in defending clients who ran afoul of the law on civil rights and free speech issues, and he spoke on behalf of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Lenny Bruce, members of the Black Panther Party, Native American activists, and prisoner's rights groups. Kunstler found himself in the national media spotlight in 1969 when he defended "the Chicago Eight," activists who were accused of organizing riots during the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention; his flamboyant style in the courtroom fascinated the press, and some believe he soon became as interested in getting his name in the papers and his face on television as he was in the law. In his later years, Kunstler developed a reputation as a man who would defend clients no one else would touch, including drug dealers, accused rapists, organized crime figures, and suspected terrorists, though he remained a passionate advocate of the American legal system. Kunstler's daughters, Emily and Sarah, began asking their famous dad questions about his career and his ideals as children armed with a home movie camera, and they've used some of that footage -- along with vintage newsreels and interviews with Kunstler's friends, foes, and clients -- as the basis for the film WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE, a biographical portrait of the man and his legacy. WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE received its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
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