American Radical: The Trial of Norman Finkelstein
David Ridgen e Nicolas Rossier, USA / Canada, SD Video, 2009, 84'
mer 15 sett, h. 17.00, Parco Sempione - Area Colpe
Regista/Director: David Ridgen, Nicolas Rossier
Paese/Country: USA / Canada
Anno Produzione Film: 2009
Formato/Format: SD Video
Durata/Running Time: 84'
Produzione/Production: Baraka Productions
Produttore/Producer Lise: Nicolas Rossier, David Ridgen
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay: Nicolas Rossier, David Ridgen
Montaggio/Editing: Cameron Clendaniel
Fotografia/Cinematography: Nicolas Rossier, David Ridgen
Sound Editor: Eli Cohn
Musica/Music: Judd Greenstein
Distribuzione/Distribution: Nic Dossier
Sinossi / Synopsis
Storico ebreo statunitense, Norman Finkelstein denuncia con coraggio chi, in nome del passato di Israele, finisce per giustificare le bieche azioni del presente.
An American Jewish historian, Norman Finkelstein courageously denounces those who, in the name of the past of Israel, end up by justifying the grim actions of the present.
Note di regia / Director's Statement
For us, Finkelstein is the consummate documentary subject: a complex firebrand, principled to the point of self-ruin, at the apex of several of the world's largest conflicts. A man who has never been asked to appear on mainstream American television, but who regularly appears (always creating controversy) in the international media. At once anti-hero, clown, and merciless scholar, Finkelstein creates as many storms as he enters. And to what end? When radicals collide, does it create understanding? Some would argue that it sometimes does. Others would claim that Finkelstein's principled but too often bitter advocacy does much to discredit the cause of a just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Audiences can decide for themselves
David Ridgen, Nicolas Rossier
Paese/Country:Canada / Switzerland
Filmografia/Filmography
Life Is a Dream: A Street Poet in New York - 2000
Brothers and Others - 2002
Aristide and the Endless Revolution - 2005
American Radical: The Trial of Norman Finkelstein - 2009
Festival
IDFA 2009, Jerusalem Film Festival 2009, Sheffield DOC/Fest 2009, Atlanta Film Festival 2009, Beirut Docudays 2009, Montreal RIDM 2009, Hotdocs 2010
