Trailer | Advocate
Preview: Season 33 Episode 4 | 1m 59s
Meet Lea Tsemel, a Jewish lawyer who defends Palestinians accused of resisting occupation.
A political firebrand in her home country, Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel is known by her 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. Tsemel, who pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits, takes on two contentious court cases in her tireless quest for justice.
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the...
Trailer | Advocate
Preview: Season 33 Episode 4 | 1m 59s
A political firebrand in her home country, Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel is known by her 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. Tsemel, who pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to its limits, takes on two contentious court cases in her tireless quest for justice.
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Clip: S33 Ep4 | 1m 50s | Lea talks about the difference between “devil’s advocate” and “Human right’s lawyer”. (1m 50s)
Clip: S33 Ep4 | 3m 46s | Lea volunteers in 1967, wondering what happened to the people who had lived at the Kotel. (3m 46s)
Clip: S33 Ep4 | 3m 51s | The choice between settling as a child or going to trial as an adult. (3m 51s)
Clip: S33 Ep4 | 3m 22s | Understanding that the motive of violence is a response to a larger form of violence. (3m 22s)
Clip: S33 Ep4 | 2m 4s | Lea speaks to the press after the conclusion of her trial. (2m 4s)
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