Sisters in Law

[Joe Chi Minh]

There was a documentary on Channel 4 (UK TV), entitled, Sisters in Law.

Here is the blurb in the Daily Mail's TV programmes for the week, which you may want to look out for, if you haven't already seen it:


"A welcome chance to see this award-winning documentary following life at a small courthouse in Cameroon, where a team of legal professionals tackle cases involving everything from kidnapping to rape.

These extraordinary, feisty and tenacious women are together working to change a system that traditionally leans in favour of men, challenging accepted cultural norms which routinely turn a blind eye to domestic violence, and bringing justice, hope and compassion to the community.

An absolutely riveting film, as charming as it is shocking."

Another reviewer on the same page (literally and metaphorically), Nigel Andrews, writes:

"Programme of the night, though, is the extraordinary documentary, Sisters in Law, It's one of those films that makes you wonder how on Earth they did it - how did the film-makers find this subject and how did they achieve such an intimate rapport with their subjects that there is never a moment of camera-consciousness?

The film seems both wholly truthful and immensely heartening - a portrait of real good being done in a in a wicked world. Despite its often harrowing subject matter, it will leave you with a smile on your face."