SAINT JUDY | Local Screening

Synopsis:

SAINT JUDY tells the true story of Los Angeles immigration attorney Judy Wood, who single-handedly changed the United States law of asylum and saved countless lives in the process. In a landmark case, one of her first as an immigration lawyer, Judy Wood represented an Afghan woman who fled her home country after being persecuted by the Taliban for opening a school for girls. After a tenacious battle both in and out of court, Judy's efforts culminated in arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit where she fought to include women as a protected class. One of Wood’s first cases was representing a young Afghani immigrant who was persecuted for opening a school for girls in her home country. Wood took her case all the way to the United States Court of Appeals and single-handedly argued what turned out to be a landmark case that forever changed the asylum laws for women coming into the United States.