Terror's Advocate plus Q&A
Simon Howarth | 26.03.2008 12:14 | Culture | London
Jacques Vergès is the kind of lawyer that people love to hate. Over several decades, he’s made a career out of defending some of the most despised figures of our time – from anti-colonial bombers in Algeria, to left-wing extremists like Carlos the Jackal...
At the height of Jacques Vergès' career, he disappeared for an eight-year period and refused to disclose where he had been. Then reappeared to continue where he left off, defending ever-more controversial clients including, Magdalena Kopp, Nazi lieutenant Klaus Barbie, French philosopher and noted Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy and Tarek Aziz (Saddam Hussein’s Vice President, as Vergès was denied defending Saddam Hussein by Saddam’s family).
"Jaw-Dropping…Schroeder’s astonishing new documentary…one of the most engaging, morally unsettling political thrillers in quite some time, with the extra advantage of being true…” A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK
Director Barbet Schroeder is in Q&A after a preview on Sunday 30 March at 3PM at Curzon Mayfair.
www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/all_times/all_venues/lidf
"Jaw-Dropping…Schroeder’s astonishing new documentary…one of the most engaging, morally unsettling political thrillers in quite some time, with the extra advantage of being true…” A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK
Director Barbet Schroeder is in Q&A after a preview on Sunday 30 March at 3PM at Curzon Mayfair.
www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/all_times/all_venues/lidf
Simon Howarth
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Simon@curzoncinemas.com