William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Part of BAMcinemaFEST

Thu, Jun 25 at 9pm*
*Outdoor screening in the GGMC Parking Lot on Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place, diagonally across from BAM's Peter Jay Sharp Building. Rain Date: Tue, Jun 30. Q&A with directors Sarah and Emily Kunstler

Directed by Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

2009, 90 min

William Kunstler’s fingerprints are on many of the most crucial cases in American history—from fighting for civil rights with Martin Luther King, Jr. to defending the Chicago Eight, and from supporting the Attica prison uprising to defending the leaders of the standoff at Wounded Knee. Directed by his daughters, this film is not only the story of a lawyer who represented
some of the most controversial and reviled defendants of the time, but also the story of how those choices affected his family. Courtesy of ArtHouse Films. NY Premiere.

WNYC's Leonard Lopate on William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
BAMcinematek's Program Director Florence Almozini and co-directors Sarah and Emily Kunstler speak with Leonard Lopate about BAMcinemaFEST and the documentary William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe on WNYC. More