First to Stand - The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler
Canada, 2022, 75 minutes, English
Documentary
Directors: Irene Angelico, Abbey Jack Neidik

First to Stand follows Irwin Cotler and his team of young activists as they take on the cases and causes of political prisoners and human rights activists battling the world’s most repressive regimes: Raif Badawi, imprisoned Saudi blogger; Shaparak Shajarizadeh, champion of women's rights in Iran; Anatoly Sharansky, famed refusenik; and more. Mr. Cotler is the International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and former Minister of Justice of Canada.