• I feel as if the primary mode used in this documentary to tell the story and explain why the directors chose to present it in that way is the expository mode, as the film is constructed to inform and persuade the audience, convincing them to understand the issues with justice in South West Cameroon. Yet I also feel like the film is an observational mode, as it records the realistic happenings of the Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases.

• ‘The style of this documentary is influenced by the Cinema Verite movement’

The Cinema Verite movement is the French film movement of the 1960s that showed people in everyday situations with authentic dialogue and naturalness of action. This film definitely captured authentic conversations and situations so it is obvious that it is influenced heavily by this movement. This can be shown by the camera footage of the courthouses and the conversations held in the room that the victims speak to the woman.

• Would Sisters in Law construct a different narrative or give different perspectives of women’s lives, if the directors were men?

I feel like if the film was directed by only males, it would lose some of the sympathy placed on the women in the film, and so would lose the realism sense because the Sisters focus on female cases, and having a man direct those scenes would affect how the women are portrayed.

• If truth is important to documentary filmmaking, what truths are revealed in Sisters in Law?

The film reveals cases within the community of things like rape and abuse so it’s very hard hitting truths that the audience feel sympathy for the victims in the scene. I think the truths are important to this film as it gives a sense of verisimilitude for the story. However it is difficult to reveal the complete truth, having a visible camera is always going to change the subjects way of how they act, despite the situations being true.