Terror's Advocate

An insightful and controversial documentary that uses interviews and archival photos, film footage, and news clippings to delve into the infamous life of arrogant and charismatic French lawyer Jacques Vergès who has defended notorious criminals from Djamila Bouhired who planted bombs during the Algerian war, the WWII Nazi the "Butcher of Lyon" Klaus Barbie, and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy to terrorists, including Anis Naccach, Magdalena Kopp, and Carlos the Jackal.
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