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PocketVisions presents .... please forward where appropriate to staff,
students, colleagues etc. Many thanks.
Sister's in Law (Kim Longinotto) - Followed by a Q&A with the director
Tuesday, 17th January 7.00pm
Venue: Anatomy Gavin Rylands de Beer LT, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1N.
Details, reservations, and directions can be found at
www.pocketvisions.co.uk
Please note: Space is limited for this event so please reserve a seat
early.
Selected for Cannes 2005, festival favourite Kim Longinotto's latest
work (co-directed with Florence Ayisi) is a totally fascinating - often
hilarious - look at the work of one small courthouse in South West
Cameroon. The two women at the heart of the doco wouldn't be out of
place in an Alexander McCall Smith bestseller. As the State Counsel and
Court President, they dispense wisdom, wisecracks and justice in fair
measure. The victims of crime - an abused child, a woman daring to
accuse a man of rape, and another trying to end a brutal marriage in a
society where divorce is taboo - are handled with fierce compassion.
You'll feel like cheering when justice is served. (Sydney Film Festival)
Director: Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi
Producer: Kim Longinotto
Editor: Ollie Huddleston
Director of Photography: Kim Longinotto
Sound: Mary Milton
Music: D'Gary
Principal Cast: Beatrice Ntuba, Vera Ngassa
Production Company: Vixen Films
Year of Production: 2005
Running Time: 104 mins
Format: 35mm
REVIEW
Emotional dramas take top prizes
By Joyce Dundas in Cannes
Published: May 22 2005
In the sidebar event, Directors’ Fortnight, the stars of Sisters In Law
a documentary set in Kumba in Cameroon which looks in a fly-on-the-wall
style at the daily work of state prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Beatrice
Ntuba, the judge in the magistrate’s court.
The women almost did not make it to the festival as their visas were
revoked at the last minute. Only the intervention of Pascal Thomas,
president of the French Director’s Guild, allowed them to travel to
Cannes, which was all the more fortuitous as the film won Prix Art
Essai, one of the highest in the sidebar.
The film, directed by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi and commissioned
by FilmFour, deals with harrowing cases of child abuse, wife-beating and
rape in Cameroon. What it shows is how the work of these women others is
changing what Ms Ngassa calls, “customary thinking”, where traditionally
certain behaviour has been tolerated. These women use the law at a
“grass roots level” to change that thinking.
Ms Ngassa says that she was influenced at a very early age to enter law
after reading To Kill a Mokingbird and felt that Atticus Finch was one
of her role models. The film recieved a standing ovation at every
screening and though emotional, it is a positive and uplifting documentary
© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2005
Patrick Hazard
Department of Anthropology
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
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