This event has ended!

View current events hosted by New Haven Free Public Library

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Thursday, September 23, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)

New Haven, CT

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Ticket Information

Type End     Quantity
attendee Ended Free  

Event Details

A special screening with filmmakers Sarah and Emily Kunstler, this film examines the life of radical attorney William Kunstler from a surprising angle. His daughters grew up lionizing a man already famous for his historic civil rights and anti-war cases. Then, in their teens, they began to be disillusioned by a stubborn man who continued representing some of the most reviled defendants in America, including accused rapists and terrorists.

Winner of the L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth Vision Award,

2009 Sundance Film Festival. A co-production of ITVS.

In this intimate film biography, Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler seek to recover the real story of what made their late father, who was one of the most beloved, and hated, lawyers in America.

 

This film was broadcast in June as part of PBS' Point of View (POV) documentary series. The public is invited to meet the filmmakers and hear the background of the making of this documentary.

 Watch the trailer at http://www.pbs.org/pov/disturbingtheuniverse/trailer.php

 

This film is presented as part of the Library's Independent Filmmakers Series,  in partnership with the award-winning documentary series, POV (www.pbs.org/pov).

 

When & Where



New Haven Public Library, Children's Dept.
133 Elm St.
New Haven, CT 06510

Thursday, September 23, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)


  Add to my calendar

Hosted By

New Haven Free Public Library



The Main (Ives) branch of the New Haven Free Public Library system is located at 133 Elm St., across from the New Haven Green, corner of Elm and Temple. Yale Lot #51 on Temple Street (across the street from the library) opens to the public at 4pm, and there are 2-hour parking meters on streets surrounding the library. More information may be found at www.cityofnewhaven.com/library.

For information about adult events at the library, please call (203) 946-8835. And visit www.nhbulletin.blogspot.com for a community calendar and announcements of interest to residents of Greater New Haven.