Knots: A Forced Marriage Story is a feature-length documentary that explores the truth about forced and child marriage in the U.S. through the complicated experiences of those who have survived it.
Often misunderstood, forced marriage is a human rights abuse that has lifelong traumatic consequences. Three brave forced marriage survivors - Nina, Sara, and Fraidy - take us on a revealing journey through their lives and fight alongside advocates, experts, and law- makers to end this gender-violence issue in the U.S. With the help of dynamic visuals - including original illustrations and a specially choreographed movement piece - this film brings to light both the horror and the hope that define this difficult issue.
- Runtime76 minutes
- PremiereMassachusetts Premiere
- DirectorKATE RYAN BREWER
- ProducerKATE RYAN BREWER, PAIGE LIVINGSTON, JASMINE LORD
- Executive ProducerTIMOTHY RYAN
- Co-ProducerLORA SMITH-RYAN
- CastBELLA WARU, NINA VAN HARN, SARA TASNEEM, FRAIDY REISS, MICHAEL HENNINGS, JEANNE SMOOT, CASEY SWEGMAN, AMY PAULIN, SAFIA MAHJEBIN, SARAH BOSAKOWSKI, JENNIFER MCCLELLAN, RICHARD MORRIS, DEB HUBER, CHRISTINE BROWN, THERESA BIVALETZ, LEANNA DANA STANICK, NICHOLAS L. SYRETT, JONATHAN STRIKER, CHELSEA CLINTON, CALIFORNIA CONSTITUENT, WENDY ROBINSON
- CinematographerJASMINE LORD
- EditorDARMYN CALDERON
- Production DesignCHRIS COOK
- ComposerMIRIAM MAYER
- MusicJAYLA DAMARIS
Knots: A Forced Marriage Story is a feature-length documentary that explores the truth about forced and child marriage in the U.S. through the complicated experiences of those who have survived it.
Often misunderstood, forced marriage is a human rights abuse that has lifelong traumatic consequences. Three brave forced marriage survivors - Nina, Sara, and Fraidy - take us on a revealing journey through their lives and fight alongside advocates, experts, and law- makers to end this gender-violence issue in the U.S. With the help of dynamic visuals - including original illustrations and a specially choreographed movement piece - this film brings to light both the horror and the hope that define this difficult issue.
- Runtime76 minutes
- PremiereMassachusetts Premiere
- DirectorKATE RYAN BREWER
- ProducerKATE RYAN BREWER, PAIGE LIVINGSTON, JASMINE LORD
- Executive ProducerTIMOTHY RYAN
- Co-ProducerLORA SMITH-RYAN
- CastBELLA WARU, NINA VAN HARN, SARA TASNEEM, FRAIDY REISS, MICHAEL HENNINGS, JEANNE SMOOT, CASEY SWEGMAN, AMY PAULIN, SAFIA MAHJEBIN, SARAH BOSAKOWSKI, JENNIFER MCCLELLAN, RICHARD MORRIS, DEB HUBER, CHRISTINE BROWN, THERESA BIVALETZ, LEANNA DANA STANICK, NICHOLAS L. SYRETT, JONATHAN STRIKER, CHELSEA CLINTON, CALIFORNIA CONSTITUENT, WENDY ROBINSON
- CinematographerJASMINE LORD
- EditorDARMYN CALDERON
- Production DesignCHRIS COOK
- ComposerMIRIAM MAYER
- MusicJAYLA DAMARIS