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GRITtv: Disturbing the Universe: Sarah and Emily Kunstler
William Kunstler was perhaps best known for his defense of the "Chicago Eight," but he represented many of the best-known radicals of the sixties. His daughters Emily and Sarah were born after most of his biggest cases, but still grew up in the shadow of his fame. Now Emily and Sarah Kunstler have made a documentary about their father. "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe" tells the story of a man both beloved and written off as a publicity hound. Emily and Sarah join us to talk about their film and their production company, Off Center Media, explaining that their father understood the courtroom as a stage, and used his celebrity status--as well as that of allies like Henry Belafonte--to bring attention to causes about which he cared deeply. The film opens in New York City Friday, November 13, at the Village Cinema East, 22 East 12th Street.
Email this pageGRITtv: Nov. 10, 2009
Jill Filipovic, Frances Kissling, Diane Archer and Eesha Pandit talk about strategies for responding to Stupak, and what activists, feminists, and allies can do to make Democrats understand that women are not bargaining chips. Emily and Sarah grew up in the shadow attorney William Kunstler, and join us to talk about the documentary they have made about their father. We check in with the situation in Honduras, with video from The Real News. We learn that the agreement seems to be doing more to legitimize the coup government than to get rid of it. And we have video from an Iraq veteran who put together a clip contrasting statements made before the war with the grim realities of combat. And 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palestinian activists tore down a segment of the wall across the West Bank in protest of increasing Israeli settlements.
