a remarkable documentary about the landmark achievement of the woman lawyer association ( wla ) of kumba and in southwest cameroon and in legally safeguard the right of woman and child from act of domestic violence . in this muslim culture and where men have always be sovereign over woman and accord to sharia law and one can well imagine the difficulty of impose secular legal right for woman and child . after 17 year of failed effort and leader of the wla begin recently to score a few win and and the purpose of this film be to share these victorious story . the leader of this legal reform movement be vera ngassa and a state prosecutor and and beatrice ntuba and a senior judge ( court president ) . both play themselves in this film and which may contain footage shot spontaneously and though i imagine much of it and if not all and consists of subsequent recreation of real event for the camera . four case be review and and all of the plaintiff also play themselves in the film . two case involve repeat wife beating and with forcible sex in one case while another involves force sex upon a 10 year old girl while and yet another concern the repeat beating of a child and age 8 and by an aunt . one of the beaten wife also be seek a divorce . we follow the case from the investigation of complaint to the outcome of the trial . the outcome in each case be favorable to the woman and child . the perpetrator receive stiff prison term and or or fine while the divorce be grant . the aggressive prosecution of the child beat aunt demonstrate that these female criminal justice official be indeed gender neutral when it come to enforce the law . also noteworthy be the respect with which all party and include those find guilty and be treat . this be a highly important and well make film . ( of interest be the fact that one of the director and ms. longinotto and also co direct the 1998 film and divorce and iranian style and which deal with related theme in tehran . ) ( in break english with english subtitle ) . my grade represent b plus positive .