Emily Kunstler

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Emily Kunstler (born June 24, 1978) is an American documentary filmmaker. Kunstler grew up in New York City's West Village neighborhood.

Family[]

Kunstler is the daughter of lawyer William Kunstler and is the sister of attorney Sarah Kunstler. Her mother is Margaret Ratner Kunstler, who is a prominent New York human rights attorney.[1]

Off Center Media[]

In 1999, Kunstler co-founded Off Center Media[2] with Sarah Kunstler. Off Center is a documentary production company that claimed to expose injustice in the criminal justice system through the creation and circulation of media.

Kunstler completed a celebratory documentary about her father entitled William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe that screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009.[3] The film was a co-production of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and aired on the PBS series P.O.V.. In 2009, the film was nominated for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2010, the film was among 15 films shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 83rd Academy Awards.[4] Her film Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War[5] won Best Short Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival (2002) and her film Getting Through to the President[6] won the Jury Prize at the Black Maria Film Festival and the Audience Choice Award at the Portland International Short Short Film Festival (2004).

In 2021 Kunstler completed Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,[7] which premiered at SXSW in 2021[8] and won the Audience Award in the Documentary Spotlight Category.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Top Rated New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney | Margaret Kunstler". Super Lawyers. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  2. ^ "Off Center Media". Off Center Media. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  3. ^ "Emily & Sarah Kunstler, "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe": Family, Legacy & Social Justice". IndieWire.
  4. ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (2010-11-18). "The Biggest Surprise Of The Oscar Documentary Shortlist Are The Snubs". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  5. ^ "Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War". Off Center Media. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  6. ^ "Getting Through to the President". Off Center Media. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  7. ^ "The Who We Are Project". The Who We Are Project. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  8. ^ "2021 SXSW Film Festival Lineup Announced: Features, Shorts, Episodics & More". SXSW. 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  9. ^ "Audience Awards Winners for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival". SXSW. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-04-13.

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