Justice à Agadez / Cinédoc films présente ; un film de Christian Lelong.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lelong, Christian, filmmaker.

Cinédoc films (Firm), production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

French

Tamashek

Subjects (All):

Judges (Islamic law)--Niger.

Judges (Islamic law).

Islamic law--Niger.

Islamic law.

Tuaregs--Niger.

Tuaregs.

Niger.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (78 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

English title: Justice at Agadez

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2018]

Language Note:

In English and Tamashek with English subtitles and French credits.

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:

Filmed in the village of Agadez in northern Niger, this films chronicles seven typical cases heard by the local Cadi. The film unobtrusively witnessess these seven stories - small civil disputes, domestic conflicts, marriage problems, accusations of theft. Justice at Agadez not only demonstrates the power of Islamic religious beliefs in enforcing both moral and civil behavior but also provides viewers a rare opportunity to see how Islamic law, unlike the manner in which it has often been sensationalized in the Western media, actually functions on an everyday basis.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced in [2004]; previously released in 2006.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 21, 2018).

Publisher Number:

if-agad Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.