Kimberley Motley left her husband and three kids in the US in order to work as a defence lawyer in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Today she is the first and only foreign lawyer who litigates in Afghanistan’s courts. For over five years now, human rights cases and troubled expats have motivated her to stay, but personal threats and general conditions in the country, make it harder and harder for Kimberly to continue her work.
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- Original Title: Motley's Law
- Genres: Documentary
- Production Year: 2015
- Country of Origin: Denmark
- Language Spoken: English
- Duration: 85 min & 56 min
- Shot On: MARK III, C100 with NINJA box (ProRes)
- Screen Ratio: 1:85
- Format: DCP, 5.1
- Domestic Release: TBA
- Director: Nicole Horanyi
- Cast: Suzana Jurcevic, Kimberly Motley, Claudaire Motley, Khalil, Khadir, Bevan Campbell
- Director of Photography: Henrik Bohn Ipsen
- Film Editors: Nicolaj Monberg, Steen Johannessen
- Sound Editors: Kristian Eidnes Selin Andersen
- Production Company: Made in Copenhagen
- Producers: Helle Faber
- Financiers: BBC, Cinereach Tribeca FF, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Danish Foreign Ministry, Media Programme Of The European Union., MIC, NFTV, SVT, The Danish Film Institute, VPRO, Woman Make Movies, YLE
Festivals
Motley's Law at festivals
2017:The Family of Woman Film Festival, US
Belfast Film Festival, UK
2016:
Malmö Nordic Panorama, Sweden
Milwaukee International Film Festival, US
Human Rights Human Wrongs Docs Film Festival, Norway
Docville Film Festival, Belgium
Vera Film Festival, Finland
Budapest Titanic International Film Festival, Hungary
One World, Romania
Cleveland International Film Festival, US
Filmfest DC, US
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland
Durham - Full Frame, US
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece
Movies that Matter Film Festival, Netherland
One World Human Rights International Festival, Czech Rep.
Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden
2015:
IDFA, Netherlands
NYC Docs Festival, US
CPH DOX, Denmark
Chicago International Film Festival, US
AWARDS:
Grand Jury Prize - NYC Docs Festival
Alliance of Women Film Journalists' EDA Award - IDFA
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