India, April 26 -- Launched two decades ago, the Women Helpline in Dehradun is a well-staffed special office inside a police station in the hill state of Uttarakhand. Now, thanks to an intercontinental collaboration between two Indian and American filmmakers, Dehradun's helpline has also become the subject of a new documentary. (Also read: Films chronicling Indian farmers' protests, CAA to feature at Hot Docs festival)

Marriage Cops, directed by Dehradun-born Shashwati Talukdar and Philadelphia-based Cheryl Hess, tells the story of an unlikely service provided by the police in Uttarakhand: marriage counselling to feuding couples. The 80-minute film will premiere at the Hot Docs Festival in Canada, the world's biggest documentary film fes...