Sentenced to Marriage

Filmmaker Anat Zuria gained rare access to the rabbinical courts to follow three women caught in the demoralizing legal labyrinth.

Sentenced to Marriage exposes the Kafkaesque process of divorcing for women in Israel, where secular law does not apply, and divorce is dealt according to the strict interpretation of the orthodox Jewish law. The film won the Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem Festival, the Best Documentary award at HotDocs and a Special Mention at IDFA.