Here’s a film you’re going to want to watch: Knots: A Forced Marriage Story, a feature-length documentary film that follows three forced marriage survivors from the U.S., including our founder/executive director Fraidy Reiss. Knots, from filmmaker Kate Ryan Brewer, “examines the truth about forced marriage in the U.S. through the complicated experiences of those who have survived it.
Forced marriage is a human rights abuse that happens right here in the U.S., and it impacts people from all backgrounds. In a forced marriage, one or both parties enters without full, free, informed consent. Further, even if both parties enter a marriage with full, free, informed consent, the union can later become a forced marriage if one or both parties is forced to stay in it. Women and girls, including children at least as young as 12, are being forced into marriage here in the U.S.
Read more about forced marriage in the U.S. and our work to end it.
Knots is being screened at film festivals around the world. You can watch it here:
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Knots made its global premiere in March and has been seen at international film festivals:
March 4, 2020 | Omaha Film Festival | Omaha, NE (Global premiere)
March 14, 2020 | Manchester Film Festival | Manchester, England
