The Judge
Erika Cohn
USA • 2017 • 76’ • VO/OV st Fr/En
+ Girl Fact • Maël Lagadec • 17’
Blessed with prodigious force of character and a keen sense of justice, Kholoud Al-Faqih is the first woman to be appointed a judge in the religious courts of the Middle East. Through her words and daily practice, as well as her private and family life, this documentary explores how far there still is to go to get to a truly egalitarian cultural revolution. It also shows us how many possibilities there are for women's emancipation, through a feminist reading of Shari'a law.
McBaine Bay Area Documentary Feature Award, San Francisco Film Festival, 2018
Preceded by the film Girl Fact de Maël Lagadec • France • 2017 • 17’ • VO/OV st Fr/En
Women in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a dire situation. Area militants systematically use rape as a way to destroy the social fabric and family ties. This powerful, superbly-crafted short film is billed as "a teenage guide to surviving sex slavery."
