Hello fellow Public Historians! I am an associate producer on the documentary, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, and a recent graduate of the NYU Archives and Public History program. Our film opened on November 13th at Cinema Village in New York City, and due to overwhelming demand, has been held over for another week. The film is now playing through at least 11/26. If you haven’t seen the film, please join us this upcoming weekend – 11/20-11/22. We will have special guests at the 7pm and 9pm shows. Weekend ticket sales are really important – if enough people come out to see the film, it will be held over for Thanksgiving weekend. Spread the word!
WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE
A documentary about the life of radical New York civil rights attorney William Kunstler
by Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler
CINEMA VILLAGE
22 East 12th Street (btw. University and 5th Avenue)
Now playing through 11/26!
Special guests at the 7pm and 9pm screenings on 11/20, 11/21 and 11/22
For tickets and show times, please visit: http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/show_movie.asp?movieid=1713
“A wonderful, inspiring film.” – Howard Zinn
“A magnificent profile of an irrepressible personality.” – Indiewire
“Expertly put together and never less than compelling.” -The Hollywood Reporter
“A wonderful, weird, and very American story.” – The Stranger
“A well-crafted and intimate but not uncritical tribute to both a father and a legend of the Left” – The Indypendent
In William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed “Chicago 8” activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer.
To his daughters, it seemed that he was at the center of everything important that had ever happened. But when they were growing up, Kunstler represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists and assassins. This powerful film not only recounts the historic causes that Kunstler fought for; it also reveals a man that even his own daughters did not always understand, a man who risked public outrage and the safety of his family so that justice could serve all.
For more information on the film, visit: http://www.disturbingtheuniverse.com