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.