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American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
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American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

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Norman Finkelstein grew up the son of Holocaust survivors and became one of Israel's most public academic critics, and this film follows him through the controversy that cost him tenure at DePaul University. Interviews trace his childhood, his scholarly feuds over the use and misuse of Holocaust memory, and his public clashes with figures like Alan Dershowitz, who campaigned against his tenure bid. The film sits with Finkelstein in lecture halls, campus offices, and television debates, letting him argue his central claim: that accusations of antisemitism are sometimes deployed to shield Israeli policy from criticism. Supporters describe a rigorous, if abrasive, scholar; critics call him reckless and self-destructive, and the film gives both camps room to make their case rather than settling the argument for the viewer. What emerges is a portrait of an academic career unraveling in public, and a question about where legitimate criticism of a state ends and prejudice against a people begins.