Film
Maids and Madams
1985 · 52m · Documentary
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Overview
Over a million black women live in a state of domestic bondage, underpaid, working long hours, at the mercy of draconian laws which separate them from their own families. This powerful 1985 documentary, shot in South Africa, examines the tragedy of Apartheid through the complex relationship between a black household worker and her white employer. This domestic situation is a microcosm of the situation at large.
Crew
- Mira HamermeshDirector · Writer
- Christian WanglerProducer
- Mike DoddsExecutive Producer
- Cliff BestallDirector of Photography
- Brain TillyDirector of Photography
- Terry TwiggEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 22, 1985
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
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