Holy Rights

Safia, a deeply religious Muslim woman from Bhopal in Central India, is driven by her conviction that, because of the patriarchal attitude of the interpreters of Sharia, Muslim women are denied equality and justice in society. She participates in a program that trains women as qadi (Muslim clergymen who interpret and apply personal rights). This is traditionally a male domain. The film deals with the tensions and negotiations that characterize her journey as she enters a territory previously unknown to women.

In its four-year period of creation, the film also accompanies the movement against Triple Talaq, the immediate unilateral divorce by the man. It also shows the struggle of Muslim women to free themselves from patronizing voices in society and their resistance to forces outside the community that want to appropriate their movement for their own political agenda.

Cast

Monica Gagliano
Roland Griffiths
Matthieu Ricard
Christof Koch
Josefa Kirvin Kulix
Richard Boothby
Mary Cosimano
Mingyur Rinpoche
Holy Rights - Poster 1

Holy Rights

Farha Khatun

  • Documentary
Production Country / Year
India 2020
Language
ur. OF mit en. UT
Format
Color, 52min
1.78:1 (16:9), Dolby SR

Director & Crew

Farha Khatun

Born in India. Studied at the Roopkala Kendro Film Institute in Calcutta. Active as a film editor and director.

Filmography

2017

  • I AM BONNIE, Kurzfilm

2020

  • HOLY RIGHTS, Dokumentarfilm  HOF 2020
Writer
Jhelum
Director of Photography
Debalina
Priyanka Biswas
Editor
Sankha
Sound
Sabyasachi Pal
Sound Designer
Sabyasachi Pal
Music Composer
Santajit Chatterjee
Producer
Priyanka More