"Houkok" means "Rights" in Dari and Farsi. "Houkok:Reclaiming Rights" is a documentary that follows a team of sassy Afghan lawyers and their clients, the young girls under the turquoise blue burqas, in and out of meetings and court appointments. For the uneducated girls, words like "Section 183 of the Constitution" or "Item number 12 of the Civil Rights" means little.But, it is life changing from their lawyer’s perspective. A window has opened. The opportunity to reclaim lost legal rights through courage and education has arrived. Sex, marriage, love and law are explored as the girls share their stories and desire to seek freedom with fellow Afghan filmmaker Brishkay Ahmed.

Reclaiming Rights is funded with the support of the Canada Council of the Arts and British Columbia Arts Council.

Reclaiming Rights is screening at the Doxa Film Festival 2010 in Vancouver on May 15 at 2:00 PM.
For more information, please visit www.doxafestival.ca