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Utah filmmaker Erika Cohn finds a compelling story in ‘The Judge,’ about pioneering Muslim woman

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What do Polynesian football players in Utah and the first woman to be named a judge in a Palestinian Sharia court have in common?

“I’m really inspired by character-driven narratives that have some sort of social issue or some sort of conversation of where we’re at in the world,” said Cohn during a recent trip home.

Cohn — who co-directed the 2015 documentary “In Football We Trust,” about Polynesian teens in Utah using football as a way to change their lives — is working now to get her new movie, “The Judge,” in front of audiences nationwide.