| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 114 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Rachel Leah Jones. |
| Performer |
Lea Tsemel, Michael Warschawski, Tareq Barghout. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Tsemel, Leah.
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Civil rights lawyers -- Israel -- Biography.
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Political activists -- Israel -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Bellaiche, Philippe, film producer, film director.
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Jones, Rachel Leah, film producer, screenwriter, film director.
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Cadieux, Paul, film producer.
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Bertossa, Joëlle, film producer.
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Tsemel, Leah, on-screen participant.
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Watschawski, Michel, on-screen participant.
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Barghout, Tareq, on-screen participant.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT13899437 |
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