New DVD: William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
March 21, 2011
We recently added William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe to the DBRL collection. The film played on the PBS series POV last year and was nominated for the grand jury prize at Sundance back in 2009. Here’s a synopsis from our catalog:
In the 1960s and ’70s, radical lawyer William Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the ‘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. Kunstler also represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists and assassins.
Check out the official movie site for more info.
There’s a video of a public domain biographical folk song about William Kunstler from the 1980s that ties-in, somewhat, with this dvd, titled “Kunstler On Your Side,” which was recently posted at the following protestfolk channel link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4J_nnrojD4