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Advocate

2019

Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche

Documentary

7.4

150

Documentary A look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years. 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 nearly 50 years, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits.

	Author	Review
United States	Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter	"This documentary portrait of Israeli human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel gets absorbingly up close and personal.	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"A compelling, politically measured portrait portrait of fearless Israeli human rights lawyer"	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"[It] makes for potent viewing as a portrait of a steadfast activist with a controversial cause"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"The most gripping parts of 'Advocate' are the film’s fly-on-the-wall cinéma vérité sequences of Tsemel at work"	POS
	Giorgia Del Don Cineuropa	"Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche manage to use to their advantage the rules and restrictions on filming in courtrooms and on concealing the identity of the parties involved."	POS

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