Advocate / Film Movement ; in coproduction with Hot 8, CBC/Radio Canada, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SWR, NDR, BBC/Storyville, EOdocs ; in collaboration with Blue Ice Docs ; Home Made Docs, Filmoption, Close Up Films present ; a film by Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaïche ; producers, Philippe Bellaïche, Rachel Leah Jones, Paul Cadieux, Joël Bertossa ; writer, Rachel Leah Jones.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Tsemel, Leah, on-screen participant.

Jones, Rachel Leah, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Bellaiche, Philippe, film director, film producer, director of photography.

Cadieux, Paul, film producer.

Bertossa, Joëlle, film producer.

Hot 8 (Firm), production company.

Filmoption International (Firm), production company.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Radio-télévision suisse, production company.

Südwestrundfunk (Germany), production company.

Norddeutscher Rundfunk, production company.

BBC Storyville (Firm), production company.

EOdocs (Firm), production company.

Blue Ice Docs, production company.

Home Made Docs (Firm), production company.

Close Up Films (Firm : Geneva, Switzerland), production company.

Film Movement (Firm), production company.

Good Docs (Firm), distributor.

Language:

Arabic

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Tsemel, Leah.

Civil rights lawyers--Israel--Biography.

Civil rights lawyers.

Palestinian Arabs--Civil rights--Israel.

Palestinian Arabs.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (1 hr., 54 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences

Place of Publication:

[Pasadena, California] : [Distributed by] GOOD DOCS, [2019]

Language Note:

In Hebrew, Arabic and English, with English subtitles; closed captioning available.

Summary:

Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent demonstrators to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for five decades, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits. 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.

Participant:

Featuring Leah Tsemel, Michael Warschawski, Tareq Barghout, Hamza Matrouq, Khawla Matrouq, Yasser Joubeh, Suheila Dweik, Ossama Amro, Ahmad Hallaq, Yair Loren, Talila Warschawski, Nissan Warschawski, Hanan Ashrawi, Muntaha Jaabis [and others].

Credits:

Cinematographer, Philippe Bellaïche; editor, Yael Bitton ; producers, Maryse Rouillard (Filmoption International), Flavia Zanon (Close Up Films).

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Home Made Docs, Close Up Films, ©2019.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 01, 2021).

Publisher Number:

gd-adv Docuseek2