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| Acclaimed Documentary ADVOCATE on DVD and Digital |
 Nominated for Best Director and Best Feature at the IDA Awards and a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Film Movement brings the acclaimed feature-length Documentary ADVOCATE to DVD and Digital Platforms.A political firebrand in her home country, Israeli defense attorney Lea Tsemel is known by opponents as "the devil's advocate", for her decades-long defense of Palestinians who have been accused of resisting the occupation, both violently and non-violently. The thought-provoking, heart-wrenching, ADVOCATE, from filmmakers Rachel Leah Jones and Phillipe Bellaïche, both captures Tsemel in cinema verité fashion fighting on behalf of her clients in Israel's challenging two-tier justice system and delves into Tsemel's history revisiting her landmark cases. From feminists and fundamentalists to non-violent demonstrators to armed militants, Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits... Continue reading: Acclaimed Documentary ADVOCATE arrives on DVD and Digital June 9 from Film Movement in News. - 
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