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In WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, William Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed "Chicago 8" activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer.
To his daughters, it seemed that he was at the center of everything important that had ever happened. But when they were growing up, Kunstler represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists and assassins. This powerful film not only recounts the historic causes that Kunstler fought for; it also reveals a man that even his own daughters did not always understand, a man who risked public outrage and the safety of his family so that justice could serve all.
Original Release
06/02/2009
US Release
06/02/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Herman Badillo | Self |
Clyde Bellecourt | Self |
Daniel Berrigan | Self |
Julian Bond | Self |
Jimmy Breslin | Self |
Alan Dershowitz | Self |
Phil Donahue | Self |
Elizabeth M. Fink | Self |
Fred Hampton | Self |
Madonna Thunder Hawk | Self |
Directors
Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
Cast
Name | Character |
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Herman Badillo | Self |
Clyde Bellecourt | Self |
Daniel Berrigan | Self |
Julian Bond | Self |
Jimmy Breslin | Self |
Alan Dershowitz | Self |
Phil Donahue | Self |
Elizabeth M. Fink | Self |
Fred Hampton | Self |
Madonna Thunder Hawk | Self |
Tom Hayden | Self |
Bruce Jackson | Self |
Ron Kuby | Self |
Karin Kunstler Goldman | Self |
William Kunstler | Self |
Nancy Kurshan | Self |
Gerald Lefcourt | Self |
C. Vernon Mason | Self |
Bill Means | Self |
Michael Ratner | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Vanessa Hope | Executive Producer |
Sarah Kunstler | Producer |
Tracy Bunting | Producer |
Susan Korda | Producer |
Andrew Lutsky | Producer |
Jesse Moss | Producer |
Socheata Poeuv | Producer |
Matt Ruskin | Producer |
Charles Vogl | Producer |
Emily Kunstler | Producer |