What Comes from Sitting in Silence?

Directed by Sophie Schrago

  • genre Creative Documentary
  • duration 76 minutes
  • status production

In the heart of Mumbai, Khatoon runs the city’s first women's Sharia court from a cramped storefront. As one of India's first female Islamic law judges, she counsels couples and women fleeing abuse, creating a unique space where plaintiffs can speak freely and seek justice.

Team

  • Director and screenplay Sophie Schrago
  • Production Hutong Productions, coproduced with Seesaw Pictures (South Korea)
  • Cinematography Sophie Shrago
  • Additional Cinematography Abeer Khan
  • Sound Sophie Shrago
  • Editing Isidore Bethel
  • Sound editing Pierre George
  • Mixing Romain Ozanne
  • Color grading Lucie Bruneteau

Partners

  • Partenaires financiers CNC Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, SCAM Brouillon d'un rêve, Docs Up Fund, Wenner Gren Foundation, Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethnographic Film, EIDF K-Pitch Excellence Price
  • Pitchs et workshops Union Docs Summer Documentary Lab 2017, Logan NonFiction Program 2020, Gotham Documentary Feature Lab 2021, Medimed, Eurodoc et DOK Copro Market.