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Mira Hamermesh's powerful film, shot in South Africa, eloquently examines the tragedy of Apartheid through the complex relationship between black household worker and white employer. This domestic situation is a microcosm of the racial issues dividing the country. Over a million black women liv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamermesh, Mira
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1996.
Series:Filmakers Library online.
Subjects:
Apartheid > South Africa.
Women, Black > Employment > South Africa.
South Africa > Race relations.
Apartheid > Afrique du Sud.
Femmes noires > Travail > Afrique du Sud.
Afrique du Sud > Relations raciales.
Apartheid
Race relations
Women, Black > Employment
South Africa
Documentary.
Streaming videos.
documentary film.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Mira Hamermesh's powerful film, shot in South Africa, eloquently examines the tragedy of Apartheid through the complex relationship between black household worker and white employer. This domestic situation is a microcosm of the racial issues dividing the country. Over a million black women live in a state of domestic bondage, underpaid, working long hours and at the mercy of draconian laws which separate them from their own families. As psychologist Ethel Wallt says at the end of the film: "The white people in this country are imprisoned by their own fear."
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 min.)
Audience:For College; Adult audiences.
Awards:National Educational Film Festival, First Place, 1986
San Francisco Festival, Black Cinema Series, 1986