Sarkash

Written By Alex Szalat

roughcut｜2023｜France & South Korea

  • Director: Sophie Shrago

  • Production: Hutong Productions, Seesaw Pictures

  • Thematics: Women rights, family and Tradition, Sharia

Sarkash is an adjective in the Urdu language used by the Muslim community throughout the asian subcontinent. It means indomitable, implacable, rebellious, refractory, indocile. Defying the conservative forces in her community, Khatoon opened the first Women’s Sharia Court in Mumbai. Ever since, women come there to denounce violence and get justice, reversing the power dynamics in place.

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