Advocate (2019)

Directors

Philippe Bellaiche, Rachel Leah Jones

Cast

Leah Tsemel, Michel Warschawski

The story

thumb|left|Leah Tsemel (2019) The film follows Jewish-Israeli human-rights lawyer Lea Tsemel as she navigates through the Israeli judicial system in defense of Palestinians accused of terrorism. The film includes archival footage of past cases Tsemel was involved in over a five-decade long career; interviews with Tsemel and her family members, including her husband, Michel Warschawski and their daughter and son, as well as interns and associates at Tsemel's law firm; and closely follows two contemporary cases represented by Tsemel and her co-counsel, Tareq Barghout. The first case the film follows is that of 13 year old Ahmad, who…

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