Advocate

Name: Advocate
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 3, 2020
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Avigdor Feldman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hanan Ashrawi, Harry Reasoner, Israa Jaabis

2020

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Film Movement | Release Date: January 3, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Avigdor Feldman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hanan Ashrawi, Harry Reasoner, Israa Jaabis, Josh Breiner, Lea Tsemel, Mahmoud Abbas, Michael Warschawski, Nasser Darwish, Nissan Warschawski, Talila Warschawski, Tareq Barghout, Udi Adiv

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 areLea 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.… Expand

Director: Philippe Bellaiche and Rachel Leah Jones

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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Nick Rocco Scalia

Jan 2, 2020

The directorial choices, from the minimal use of music for dramatic embellishment to the innovative split-screen technique used to blur the identities of individuals in courthouse footage, are spot-on throughout. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jan 2, 2020

The most gripping parts of Advocate are the film’s fly-on-the-wall cinéma vérité sequences of Tsemel at work, meeting with clients’ families, navigating the legal system and conferring about cases with fellow attorneys and her staff. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jan 2, 2020

Tsemel’s hard demands on her family and co-workers alike are kept in view: “Advocate” isn’t a bland hagiography, but a textured nonfiction character study of complicated heroism. You can’t challenge the system, after all, without being a bit challenging yourself. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Jan 2, 2020

At one point, Tsemel describes herself as a member of an occupying force and defines her mission in life as to somehow rectify the resultant power imbalance. The only way to get there, as the film's pointed final image suggests, is to keep on trudging. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 2, 2020

Advocate is a reminder to audiences everywhere of the importance of the rule of law, its equal application and appointing judges who understand that importance. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jan 2, 2020

Provocative as the film is, it doesn’t fully reconcile Tsemel’s contradictions, if such a thing were even possible or desirable. Read full review

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