William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. The New York Times called him "the most hated and most loved lawyer in America." His clients included Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, Abbie Hoffman, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Leonard Peltier. In Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore their father's life, from middl... (Full plot summary below)
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William Kunstler was one of the most famous lawyers of the 20th century. The New York Times called him "the most hated and most loved lawyer in America." His clients included Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, Abbie Hoffman, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Leonard Peltier. In Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore their father's life, from middle-class family man, to movement lawyer, to "the most hated lawyer in America.
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| San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliBoth a memoir and a history lesson, the film looks back on their late father - a crusading civil rights lawyer who later defended a host of unsavory characters - with a combination of love, admiration and bafflement for the man he was and the career he forged. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinTerrific archival footage from a range of seminal civil rights events, as well as affecting narration written by Sarah Kunstler and spoken by Emily Kunstler (who also edited the film), round out this superior documentary. |
| New York PostKyle SmithIt is said that everyone either loved or hated radical defense lawyer William Kunstler. A documentary by his daughters asks, "Why choose 'or' instead of 'both'?" |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisThis engrossing and provocative documentary is also about a tragic kind of liberal guilt. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsUltimately, William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe is a defense, not a prosecution, and the principal witness remains a shining star. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaIt's a view filtered through a prism of memory and emotion, but one well worth investigating. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayDisturbing The Universe doesn’t mix it up enough. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergCompelling portrait of famed radical lawyer by his daughters. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenAlthough the film, with its home movies and family reminiscences, portrays him as a heroic crusader for justice, it is by no means a hagiography of a man who earned widespread contempt late in his career for defending pariahs. |
| VarietyRob NelsonIn attempting to address its subject's ideological discrepancies, "Kunstler" lacks the objectivity needed to put the lawyer's shift from '60s fist-pumper to '80s and '90s headline-grabber in proper context. |
