BLIND JUSTICE

 

A Series of 4 short animated documentaries about Women and the Law.

Released 1987. Total running time: 30 minutes

 

The series, made by four different animation directors, but commissioned as one project by Channel 4 in the UK, looks at the status of women in the eyes of the Law.

 

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL (click on title to view a fragment of the film) -
Monique Renault
examines the Aristotelian origins of modern Western laws that perceive women as second class citizens


SOMEONE MUST BE TRUSTED -
Christine Roche combines 3 brief gems on equal pay, rape and the myth of the virgin & the whore


MURDERS MOST FOUL -
Gillian Lacey dissects the underlying prejudice behind a an court case, that let off scott-free a man who had killed his wife


SOME PROTECTION -
Marjut Rimminen, through the voice of Josie O'Dwyer, animates Josie's story - a girl who was put in prison "for her own" protection and subsequently knew no other life.

 

Production Company: Smoothcloud Productions

Series Producer: Orly Yadin (aka Bat Carmel)

Sales & Distribution: yadinproductions.com

Contact: orly@yadinproductions.com