There are dreadful things going on behind the closed doors of American family courts, according to local filmmaker Garland Waller in this engrossing and disturbing documentary. Waller paints a horrific picture of injustice: in 70 percent of custody cases in the USA in which a husband is accused of sexually abusing his children, he’s the one who ends up with them in his care. A typical scenario: a battered, estranged, sleep-deprived wife who understandably seems in disarray and shock begs a judge to take her children away from her husband, who has been molesting them. The husband, a practiced, psychopathic liar, appears smooth in court and denies any wrongdoing. The judge, put off by the wife and impressed that the husband has come to speak up for the kids, gives them over to dad. As for her charges of sexual abuse: that’s proof that mom has lost her bearings and can’t raise her kids. Moving from the abstract to real stories, filmmaker Waller follows three courageous moms as they battle through the courts to get back their children. This important movie (Congress should take a look at it!) is being shown with the co-sponsorship of New England Women in Film and Video.