Blind Justice

First film in the Blind Justice documentary animation series about women and the law. The film traces the Aristotelian concept of all men being created equal and the exclusion of women from this concept.

About Women and the Law, made by four different animation directors, but commissioned as one project by Channel 4 in the UK, looks at the status of women in the eyes of the Law. Roche combines 3 brief gems on equal pay, rape, and the myth of the virgin & the whore.

Made as one of a four part series exploring different aspects of women and the law, on which all the women animators involved researched and worked as a group, before then making individual films, each quite different in content, tone and style. Based on a real case and devised as a 'melodrama' set in a Crown Court.

Made as one of a four part series exploring different aspects of women and the law, on which all the women animators involved researched and worked as a group, before then making individual films, each quite different in content, tone and style. Based on the real life experiences of Josie O Dwyer, the film uses her voice as commentary, taken from hours of taped conversation with the filmmaker. Different styles of drawing convey her emotions and the devastating effects detention and imprisonment have on young girls put away 'for their own protection'.