Terror's Advocate/ Djävulens advokat

Infamously known as “the Devil’s Advocate”,the French lawyer Jacques Vergès takes on thedirty jobs no one else would touch. A formerleft wing anti-colonialist and college friend ofPol Pot, Vergès has made a morally ambiguousname representing some of recent history’smost horrifying war criminals. His client listincludes Klaus Barbie (“The Butcher fromLyon”), Slobodan Milosevic and HolocaustdenierRoger Garaudy. Specializing in crimesagainst humanity, Vergès has sued AmnestyInternational and offered to defend SaddamHussein, as well as George Bush “as long ashe would plead guilty”.Veteran filmmaker Barbet Schroeder, who hasworked within French film since assisting Jean-Luc Godard in the 60’s, presents a thoroughand unsettling case against the evasive and charismatic Vergès. Through talking headsand archival footage, the film faces differentviews on terrorists and freedom fighters, and aman standing in the shadow of evil giants. With“Terror’s Advocate”, Schroeder – renowned forhis personal documentary on the dictator IdiAmin – shows a fascinating and eerie man, trulythe despot’s best friend or the despot himself.

Face2Face:
Saturday 24 November
PARK kl. 13.00
WITH: Jacques Vergès (lawyer)
PANEL: Leif Silbersky (lawyer)