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Khmer. Terror's Advocate (French: L'Avocat de la terreur) is a 2007 French feature documentary film on controversial lawyer Jacques Vergès. Produced by Rita Dagher and directed by Barbet Schroeder, it explores how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. [1 ...
Terror’s Advocate (aka L’Avocat de la Terreur) is a 2007 French documentary film about the controversial French attorney Jacques Vergès. Synopsis: Communist, anti-colonialist, right-wing extremist? What convictions guide the moral mind of Jacques Vergès?
Oct 12, 2007 · “Terror’s Advocate” is one of the most engaging, morally unsettling political thrillers in quite some time, with the extra advantage of being true.
- Barbet Schroeder
- 2 min
Terror's Advocate (L'Avocat De La Terreur) Details: 2006, France, Cert 12A, 132 mins. Direction: Barbet Schroeder. Genre: Documentary. Summary: Documentary about Jacques Verges, the lawyer who has ...
Acclaimed director Barbet Schroeder takes us down some of history's darkest paths in Terror's Advocate, a deeply probing history of the world terrorist movement as told through the story of this enigmatic lawyer, who has defended many of the most infamous figures of the latter 20th Century.
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla, exploring how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
Jun 6, 2007 · by Barbet Schroeder. synopsis. The life of Jacques Vergès, the French lawyer famous for having defended terrorists such as Magdalena Kopp and Carlos, and true "monsters" of contemporary history such as Klaus Barbie and Pol Pot. Review: Ricardo and Painting.
