Emily Kunstler Explained

Sarah Kunstler
Birth Date:24 June 1978
Citizenship:United States of America
Alma Mater:Tisch NYU
Years Active:2003-present
Mother:Margaret Ratner Kunstler
Father:William Kunstler
Relatives:Sarah Kunstler

Emily Kunstler (born June 24, 1978) is an American documentary filmmaker and activist.[1] Her documentaries have won awards at South by Southwest and have been featured at Sundance.[2] Kunstler is the daughter of lawyer William Kunstler, famous for his historic civil rights cases and Margaret Ratner Kunstler, a prominent New York human rights attorney.[3] [4]

Career

In 2000, Kunstler co-founded Off Center Media with her sister Sarah Kunstler with the goal of exposing injustice in the criminal justice system through media creation.[5]

In 2003, the sisters directed their short Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War. [6] The film focused on the unlawful arrest and imprisonment of more than 10% of the black population of Tulia, Texas in 1999.[7] The film won Best Short Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival (2002) [8] and her film Getting Through to the President won the Jury Prize at the Black Maria Film Festival and the Audience Choice Award at the Portland International Short Short Film Festival (2004).[9]

In 2009, Kunstler and her sister released a feature length documentary about their father entitled that screened at the Sundance Film Festival.[10] The film was a co-production of the Independent Television Service and aired on the PBS series P.O.V.. The film was nominated for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival[11] and was among 15 films shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 83rd Academy Awards in 2010.[12] [13]

In 2021 Kunstler completed with her sister co-directing.[14] [15] It premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival [16] and won the Audience Award in the Documentary Spotlight Category.[17] The film was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics[18] and theatrically released January 14, 2022.

Personal Life

Kunstler grew up in New York City's West Village neighborhood.

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Stevenson . Peter . June 2010 . Life with Father . . 86 . 18 . 21 . 2025-01-09.
  2. Web site: 2021-03-23 . Audience Awards Winners for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival . 2021-04-13 . SXSW.
  3. Web site: Top Rated New York, NY Civil Rights Attorney - Margaret Kunstler . 2021-04-13. Super Lawyers.
  4. Stevenson . Peter . June 2010 . Life with Father . The New Yorker . 86 . 18 . 21 . 2025-01-09.
  5. Web site: Off Center Media . 2021-04-13 . Off Center Media.
  6. Web site: Indiewire . 2009-11-11 . Emily & Sarah Kunstler: “This is a film about legacy” . 2025-01-09 . IndieWire . en-US.
  7. Web site: American Civil Liberties Union . Racist arrests in Tulia, Texas . 2025-01-09 . American Civil Liberties Union . en-US.
  8. Web site: Indiewire . September 29, 2003 . Woodstock Fest Provokes and Entertains Again In Year Four . 2025-01-10 . IndieWire . en-US.
  9. Web site: Off Center Awards . 2025-01-10 . Off Center Media . en-US.
  10. Web site: 12 January 2009 . Emily & Sarah Kunstler, "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe": Family, Legacy & Social Justice . IndieWire .
  11. Web site: 2008-12-03 . 2009 Sundance Film Festival announces films in competition. Festival celebrates 25 years of independent filmmaking and cinematic storytelling. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090311005140/http://festival.sundance.org/2009/press_industry/releases/2009_sundance_film_festival_announces_films_in_competition . 2009-03-11 . 2008-12-06 . Sundance Institute.
  12. Web site: Jagernauth . Kevin . 2010-11-18 . The Biggest Surprise Of The Oscar Documentary Shortlist Are The Snubs . usurped . 2021-03-02 . IndieWire.
  13. Web site: Knegt . Peter . 2010-11-18 . Academy Announces Characteristically Controversial Documentary Feature Shortlist . 2025-01-09 . IndieWire . en-US.
  14. Web site: Byrd . Chris . May 14, 2022 . Vital, challenging film tackles America's original sin . 2025-01-09 . National Catholic Reporter . en.
  15. Web site: Huver . Scott . 2021-11-21 . In ‘Who We Are’, Jeffery Robinson Deconstructs America’s Enduring But Increasingly Challenged Myths About Race & Equality – Contenders Documentary . 2025-01-09 . Deadline . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2021-02-10 . 2021 SXSW Film Festival Lineup Announced: Features, Shorts, Episodics & More . 2021-03-02 . SXSW.
  17. Web site: 2021-03-23 . Audience Awards Winners for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival . 2021-04-13 . SXSW.
  18. Web site: Sony . Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Worldwide Rights to 'Who We Are' 2021 SXSW Audience Award Winner . unfit.

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