| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Lea Tsemel |
| Event |
Originally produced by Film Movement in 2019. |
| Summary |
Since the early 1970s, attorney Lea Tsemel has made a career out of defending Palestinians in Israeli courts: feminists and fundamentalists, non-violent demonstrators and armed militants. As far as most Israelis are concerned, she defends the indefensible. As far as Palestinians are concerned, she's more than an attorney, she’s an advocate. ADVOCATE follows Tsemel’s caseload in real-time, including the high-profile trial of a 13-year-old boy — her youngest client to date — while also revisiting her landmark cases and reflecting on the political and professional significance of her work, as well as the personal price one pays for assuming the role of “devil’s advocate.” As a Jewish-Israeli woman who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years, Tsemel pushes the definition of a human rights defender to its limits. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In Arabic,English,Hebrew |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Middle East.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Bellaiche, Philippe, film director.
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Leah Jones, Rachel, film director.
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Tsemel, Leah, actor.
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Film Movement (Firm) Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
12142133 Kanopy |
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