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| Born | 1976 |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | Columbia Law School |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer and film director, |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Spouse | Jesse Ferguson |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Emily Kunstler |
Sarah Kunstler (born 1976) is a documentary filmmaker and American lawyer. Her political documentaries have won awards at South by Southwest and the Seattle International Film Festival. She the daughter of famous lawyer and civil rights activist William Kunstler and civil rights lawyer Margaret Ratner Kunstler.
Career
Sarah Kunstler first began directing films with her sister in 2003 with their debut short Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War. The film focuses on unlawful arrest and imprisonment of more than 10% of the black population of the small town of Tulia, Texas that occurred in 1999. This began her career making political documentaries with her sister Emily Kunstler.
In 2009, the sisters released their first documentary feature film William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is a documentary about their father William Kunstler a civil rights lawyer, who was both widely admired and widely despised for his defense of people from ranging from Martin Luther King, Jr. to John Gotti. At Sundance the film was nominated for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize.
In 2021 Kunstler co-directed Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America. It premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival where it won the Audience Award in the Documentary Spotlight Category.
In 2023, Kunstler co-directed How to Rig An Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest with her sister. It was narrated by Tom Hanks and distributed by the Washington Post in their opinion section after it's premiere at South by Southwest.
Awards
In 2021, she won the Golden Space for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival for Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America.
Her film William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe won the Audience Award in the Documentary Spotlight Category at SXSW in 2009.
Filmography
- How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest (2023), short
- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2021)
- William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
- Getting Through to the President (2004), short
- Tulia, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War (2003), short
External links
References
- ^ Rosenblum, Constance (15 Nov 2009). "Filmmakers' controversy: their dad". New York Times – via Gale OneFile.
- ^ "Audience Awards Winners for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival". SXSW. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "SIFF 2021 Award Winners". www.siff.net. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ Stevenson, Peter (June 2010). "Life with Father". The New Yorker. 86 (18): 21. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ Indiewire (2009-11-11). "Emily & Sarah Kunstler: "This is a film about legacy"". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- "Racist arrests in Tulia, Texas". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- Indiewire (November 11, 2009). "Emily & Sarah Kunstler, "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe": Family, Legacy & Social Justice". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- "Emily & Sarah Kunstler, "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe": Family, Legacy & Social Justice". IndieWire. 12 January 2009.
- "2009 Sundance Film Festival announces films in competition. Festival celebrates 25 years of independent filmmaking and cinematic storytelling". Sundance Institute. 2008-12-03. Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- Byrd, Chris (May 14, 2022). "Vital, challenging film tackles America's original sin". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ Johnson, Ted (2023-03-13). "The Washington Post To Distribute Tom Hanks-Narrated Short 'How To Rig An Election'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- "Audience Awards Winners for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival". SXSW. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-04-13.