Of Love & Law
 (2017)
Documentary, Queer Themes/Interest
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IMDB   7.3
95 mins France / English
Director/Choreographer
Hikaru Toda
Producer Hikaru Toda
Elhum Shakerifar
Takeshi Hata
Khaula Malik
Cinematography Jason Brooks
Music Yuichiro Maeda

Fumi and Kazu have a lot to teach us about love. When they decide to stick their necks out and create the first LGBTQ+ law firm in Japan, they are drawn into the lives of people searching for protection and support. Despite their own relationship having no legal status, they work pro-bono for long hours, all the while foster-parenting a teenager. We meet with a colourful cast of misfits, dissidents and artists – from a delightful eccentric being prosecuted for her kitschy vagina sculptures, to a troubled outsider who, as the child of an ‘immoral woman’, has no legal identity. A saying is repeated throughout the film, that one must ‘read the air’ – conform to the tacit conservatism that forbids sexual diversity. With love, humour and serious legal chops, Fumi and Kazu do exactly the opposite.
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No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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