William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
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- Synopsis
- 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 ......
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- Director(s)
- Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
- Distributor(s)
- Arthouse Films
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 85 min.
Critic Reviews
Both a memoir and a history lesson, the film looks back on their late father - a crusading civil rights lawyer who later defended a host of unsavory characters - with a combination of love, admiration and bafflement for the man he was and the career he forged.Read the full review
Terrific archival footage from a range of seminal civil rights events, as well as affecting narration written by Sarah Kunstler and spoken by Emily Kunstler (who also edited the film), round out this superior documentary.Read the full review
This engrossing and provocative documentary is also about a tragic kind of liberal guilt.Read the full review
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67% William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
11/21/09 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. | Rotten Tomatoes -
60% William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
11/20/09 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. | Rotten Tomatoes -
58% William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
11/19/09 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. | Rotten Tomatoes -
64% William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
11/14/09 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. | Rotten Tomatoes -
78% William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
11/13/09 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. | Rotten Tomatoes -
William Kunstler: Disturbing the universe
11/12/09 Emily and Sarah Kunstler are surprisingly even-tempered and judicious about their father, who was so infamously neither. | New York Post - New York NY -
71% William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
11/12/09 The late civil rights attorney William Kunstler was one of the most famous and controversial lawyers of the 20th century. | Rotten Tomatoes -
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11/10/09 This week's recommendations may not have the distinction of being championed by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, so if you find any of them worth seeing based on my recommendation, it may be more necessary for you to make the effort to get them to play near you. | MTV Movies Blog