American Radical

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Audience Choice Award
Chicago Underground Film Festival
2010
Documentary Edge Film Festival
2011
Doxa Documentary Film Festival
2010
  
  

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Alternate Title: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

Directed by: David Ridgen, Nicolas Rossier

year: 2009 89 minutes

A devoted son of Holocaust survivors and ardent critic of Israeli foreign policy, the polarizing American political scientist and author Norman Finkelstein has been called a lunatic and self-hating Jew by some, and an inspirational revolutionary by others. Exploring the deeply complex issues at the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, AMERICAN RADICAL is the insightful and enraging documentary that follows Finkelstein around the world as he attempts to negotiate a voice among his impassioned critics and supporters. Uncompromising even in the face of his recent denial of tenure at DePaul University, Finkelstein is revealed as a complex and supremely lonely figure whose self-destructive nature often undermines his academic credibility. A guaranteed argument starter, this potent documentary plunges viewers into the psychological and intellectual underpinnings of a vitriolic personality.

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Reviews

lkeber
lkeber

An engaging, considered portrait of this provocative scholar. I enjoy how the film contrasts Norman's rock star tours and reception with his own personal feelings of guilt and self doubt. The film certainly gives both his promoters and his detractors plenty of ammunition..