Knots: A Forced Marriage Story
2020
Documentary
Knots: A Forced Marriage Story
2020
Documentary
Plot summary
"Knots: A Forced Marriage Story" explores the lives of three survivors of forced marriage in America. Fraidy is an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish teen in Brooklyn when she's coerced into marrying an abusive man. In Michigan, young Christian Nina's father forces her to marry a man he chose. In California, Sara is fifteen when she's kidnapped by her father and forced to marry a 28-year-old man. Each of them face an unimaginable journey. Each must find the strength to survive, and thrive. (Fiscal Sponsorship provided by The Film Collaborative)—Kate Ryan Brewer
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This film tells the story of three survivors of forced marriage in America. Fraidy Reiss is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish teen from Brooklyn who was coerced into marrying an abusive man. Meanwhile, in Michigan, Nina Van Harn's Christian father forced her to marry a man he chose for her. And in California, Sara Tasneem was just fifteen when she was kidnapped by her father and forced to marry a 28-year-old man.
Even today, forced marriage cuts across state lines, ages, religions and social strata. Even worse, they are occurring legally across the United States every day.
In November 2019, Kate Ryan Brewer presented a TEDx Omaha talk on the subject of forced and child marriage in the United States and recently spoke at the 65th U. N. Commission on the Status of Women. Knots is her first feature film.
This is an eye-opener of a film and proves that no matter how far we feel society has progressed, we still have so much more work to do.