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Sisters in Law
Directed by
Florence Ayisi
,
Kim Longinotto
Not Rated
2005
1h 44m
Documentary
,
Crime
7.3
92%
86%
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Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.
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Cast of Sisters in Law
Vera Ngassa
Self
Beatrice Ntuba
Self
Florence Ayisi
Director / Writer
Kim Longinotto
Director / Writer / Producer
Sisters in Law Ratings & Reviews
Boston Phoenix
Peter Keough
[A] skilled, moving, and funny look at two woman judges pushing a progressive agenda in a Cameroon courthouse.
Film Journal International
Maria Garcia
Possesses a disarming veracity which is not easily dismissed.
Cinema Signals
Jules Brenner
The human compassion shown by these judges, advocates and arbitrators, mixed with humor in the face of sin and brutality, is an impressive achievement for an ethnic oligarchy.
L.A. Weekly
John Patterson
Inspirational stuff, and often hysterical to boot.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
The courtroom scenes have a lively immediacy matched by the fiery efficiency of Ngassa and Ntuba.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
Documentary on the struggle to bring justice to a Cameroon village.
Boston Globe
Erin Meister
Despite the lack of an especially defined narrative arc, the people are what make the movie -- as they should in a tale like this.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
This is a serious film, but it is also entertaining.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Perhaps we need a sequel, which would likely be as riveting as this inspirational introduction to two courageous pioneers.
AV Club
Noel Murray
Ayisi and Longinotto frame their shots in such a way that they catch the disorganization in the foreground and the gleaming computers and televisions in the background. When
TV Guide
Ken Fox
More gripping than anything on Court TV and unexpectedly uplifting.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The women are meant to make us think of Judge Judy but her daytime TV show is far better assembled than this movie, in which there is neither complexity nor mystery to the depressing cases we witness.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
Not stooping to cheap sensationalism, 'Sisters in Law' dignifies an Africa -- particularly its women -- elsewhere often shown as hopeless.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
By focusing on the enforcement of [women's] rights, Sisters in Law at least offers solutions and well-justified hope.
New York Times
Nathan Lee
Grassroots feminism thrives in a Cameroon village thanks to the pair of warm-hearted, tough-minded women of law profiled in this excellent verité documentary.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
Many might come away from it thinking its upbeat view of how justice is dispensed in a small town in Cameroon is too good to be true.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
It's an immersion in applied feminism in which each case not only has political implications but a positive denouement.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A film with inadequate research but one that makes a ferocious case capped with a hopeful closing statement.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The example set by the four cases the film follows will have you standing up and cheering for the law's ultimate ability to affect society for the good.
Variety
Deborah Young
British documakers Kim and Florence Ayisi present a surprisingly positive portrait of the justice system in a small town in Cameroon.
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