Film

When Strangers Re-Unite

1999 · Documentary

Three Filipino families struggle to rebuild their lives in Canada after years of separation. The third part of a trilogy on the impact of labour migration, including Brown Women Blond Babies and Modern Heroes Modern Slaves.Every year thousands of women enter Canada as domestic servants, the majority of them from the Philippines. Leaving their own children and families behind, they can spend many isolated years cooking, cleaning and caring for others. Sending much of their wages back home, they dream of the day their families can join them.

• Marie BotiDirector
• Florchita BautistaDirector
• Malcolm GuyProducer
• Michelle SmithProducer
• Germaine Ying Gee WongProducer

Release date

June 6, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

French

Genres

Documentary

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