Emily Kunstler

Emily Kunstler (born June 24, 1978) is an American documentary filmmaker. Kunstler grew up in New York City's West Village neighborhood.

Family

Kunstler is the daughter of left-wing radical lawyer William Kunstler and is the sister of attorney Sarah Kunstler. Her mother is Margaret Ratner Kunstler, who is a prominent New York Human Rights attorney.

Off Center Media

In 1999, Kunstler co-founded Off Center Media with Sarah Kunstler. Off Center was a documentary production company that claimed to expose injustice in the criminal justice system through the creation and circulation of media.

Kunstler completed a celebratory documentary about her father entitled William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe that screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009.[1] The film was a co-production of the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and aired on the PBS series P.O.V..

References
  1. "Emily & Sarah Kunstler, "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe": Family, Legacy & Social Justice". IndieWire.
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