The story of controversial civil rights lawyer William Kunstler as told by his daughters.
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
Documentary
DVD, 85 minutes
Country:
USA
Director:
Emily Kunstler
| Sarah Kunstler
Producer:
Tracy Bunting
| Vanessa Hope
| Susan Korda
| Emily Kunstler
| Sarah Kunstler
| Andrew Lutsky
| Jesse Moss
| Socheata Poeuv
| Matt Ruskin
| Charles Vogl
Music:
Shahzad Ismaily
Plot outline
William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. The New York Times called him...
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Cast
- Herman Badillo
- Harry Belafonte
- Clyde Bellecourt
- Daniel Berrigan
- Julian Bond
- Jimmy Breslin
- Alan M. Dershowitz
- Phil Donahue
- Elizabeth M. Fink
- Fred Hampton
- Madonna Thunder Hawk
- Tom Hayden
- Bruce Jackson
- Ron Kuby
- Karin Kunstler Goldman
- William Kunstler
- Nancy Kurshan
- Gerald Lefcourt
- C. Vernon Mason
- Bill Means
- Michael Ratner
- M. Paul Redd
- Yusef Salaam
- Bobby Seale
- Barry Slotnick
- Michael Smith
- Lynne Stewart
- M. Wesley Swearingen
- Leonard Weinglass
Plots
- William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. The New York Times called him "the most hated and most loved lawyer in America." His clients included Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, Abbie Hoffman, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Leonard Peltier. In Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore their father's life, from middle-class family man, to movement lawyer, to "the most hated lawyer in America." Written by Anonymous