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A deeply religious Muslim woman in India challenges patriarchal interpretations of Islamic Law especially in regards to divorce. Tensions and negotiations that mark her journey are interwoven with other Muslim women's fight for gender justice.

HOLY RIGHTS - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE

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Brand: A deeply religious Muslim woman in India challenges patriarchal interpretations of Islamic Law especially in regards to divorce. Tensions and negotiations that mark her journey are interwoven with other Muslim women's fight for gender justice.
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International Premiere: 54th HOF International Film Festival | The Prestigious President's Indian National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues | Impactful Film of the Year at Vancouver International Women in Films Festival | Winner of International Documentary Long at RIFFA

Gender Equality • Muslim Women Empowerment • Religious Laws and Social Justice • India • Sharia • Triple Talaq • Islamic Studies

Safia, a deeply religious Muslim woman from Bhopal in Central India, driven by her belief that because of the patriarchal mindset of the interpreters of 'Sharia', Muslim women are denied equality and justice in the community. She joins a program that trains women as Qazis, (Muslim clerics who interpret and administer the personal law), which is traditionally a male preserve. The film documents her journey as she struggles and negotiates through hitherto uncharted territory, exploring the tensions that arise when women try to change the status quo and take control of narratives that so deeply affect their lives. Through Safia 'Apa ' or elder sister as she is called, several other women join the program; through their lived experiences, the film comments on the arbitrariness of the instant 'triple talaq' practice (Instant divorce by saying Talaq thrice). These and other landmark moments, political and legal, find reference in the film as does the changing socio-political scenario that impact their lives. In its four years journey, the film also documents the movement against Triple Talaq, Muslim women’s struggles to break free of patronizing voices within the community as well as resist forces outside from appropriating their movement to suit their own political agenda.

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AWARDS
Winner of International Documentary Long | Regina International Film Festival and Awards
Best Documentary on Social Issues | National Film Awards, India
Best Cinematography Award | Vancouver International Women Film Festival
Impact Award | Vancouver International Women Film Festival
Best Film on Gender Sensitivity | National Laadli Media & Advertising Awards

FESTIVALS
54th HOF International Film Festival, Germany
IAWRT Asian Women Film Festival
Dharamshala International Film Festival
Kolkata International Film Festival
International Film Festival of India, Goa (IFFI)
Vancouver International Women Film Festival
UK Asian Film Festival
Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival
Human Rights Documentary Film Days, iZMiR, Turkey
Udaan Film Festival, Kolkata