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.