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Films Changing the World: Advocate

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Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Wed, Jul 17 6:30 PM
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Film Info
Runtime:105 min
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Israel, Canada, Switzerland
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Rachel Leah Jones
Philippe Bellaiche

Description

As one of the few Israeli human-rights lawyers willing to defend Palestinians, Lea Tsemel has been defying hostility and vitriol from the public and press for nearly 50 years. Rachel Leah Jones’s riveting Hot Docs ’19 documentary follows the outspoken and tenacious 74-year old Tsemel as she navigates difficult cases—including that of a 13-year-old boy involved in a stabbing incident; and a woman behind an apparent suicide bombing attempt—within a court system stacked squarely against her clients. Judiciously cutting between present-day trials and eye-opening archives of key past cases, The Advocate is a compelling portrait a woman has never betrayed her principles in her quest for justice.

Stick around after the show for a Skype Q&A with director Rachel Leah Jones.

In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles

Promotional Partners: Human Rights Watch Canada, Munk One, Munk School: Master of Global Affairs and University of Toronto: Political Science

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Films Changing the World: Must-see docs revealing staggering new perspectives and stories.

"A lively exercise in documentary advocacy." - POV Magazine


 
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