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Sisters in law / Women Make Movies ; a film by Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto ; [producer/director, Kim Longinotto ; co-director, Florence Ayisi].

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Longinotto, Kim, film director, film producer, photographer.
Ayisi, Florence, film director.
Women Make Movies (Firm), distributor.
Language:
Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)
English
Hausa
Subjects (All):
Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Cameroon.
Women.
Children--Legal status, laws, etc--Cameroon.
Children.
Courts--Cameroon.
Courts.
Victims of family violence--Cameroon.
Victims of family violence.
Justice, Administration of--Cameroon.
Justice, Administration of.
Children--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Cameroon.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (104 min.) : digital, sound, color
polychrome
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : [Distributed by] Women Make Movies, [2021]
Language Note:
In English, pidgin English and Hausa, with English subtitles.
System Details:
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
video file
Summary:
A documentary record of a courtroom in Kumba, Cameroon, where a female prosecutor and judge work to put an end to their community's tacit acceptance of child abuse, wife beating and rape.
Credits:
Camera, Kim Longinotto ; film editor, Ollie Huddleston.
Notes:
Title from title frames.
Originally produced in [2005]; previously released in 2006.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 19, 2021).
Publisher Number:
wm-sislaw Docuseek2
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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