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Maids and madams apartheid begins in the home

Apartheid in South Africa is examined through the relationship of negro household workers and their white employers. The domestic situation highlights the racial issues dividing the country.

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  • "Apartheid begins in the home"@en
  • "Maids and madams, apartheid begins in the home"@en
  • "Maids & madams"@en
  • "Maids & madams"

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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."
  • "Apartheid in South Africa is examined through the relationship of negro household workers and their white employers. The domestic situation highlights the racial issues dividing the country."@en
  • "Examines the plight of black female domestics in South Africa. Interviews black maids and the white "madams" who employ them, showing the maids performing their daily tasks. Describes the lifestyle of the black maids and their families. Discusses race relations in South Africa as shown by the relationship between the black maids and the white families for whom they work. Comments upon the status of South African women of both races."@en
  • "Examines the plight of Black female domestics in South Africa. Interviews Black maids and the white "madams" who employ them, showing the maids performing their daily tasks. Describes the lifestyle of the Black maids and their families. Discusses race relations in South Africa as shown by the relationship between the Black maids and the white families for whom they work. Comments upon the status of South African women of both races."@en
  • "Describes how apartheid affects the daily life of women in South Africa by focusing on the relationship between black household workers and white employers."@en
  • "Describes how apartheid affects the daily life of women in South Africa by focusing on the relationship between black household workers and white employers."
  • "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 countryare imprisoned by their own fear."--Filmakers Library web site."
  • "Describes how apartheid affects the daily life of women in South Africa by focusing on the relationship between negro household workers and white employers."
  • "Describes how apartheid affects the daily life of women in South Africa by focusing on the relationship between negro household workers and white employers."@en
  • "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.""@en
  • "Examines Apartheid through the relationship between Black household maids and their white women employers."
  • "Interviews with black maids and their white madams to show the complex relationships formed due to the politics of South Africa."
  • "In South Africa female black domestic servants are called maids and the white women who employ them are called madams. In this film both maids and madams talk openly about their daily lives, their responsibilities, their attitudes toward racism and their interrelationships. The work of improving living and working standards for the maids and the organizations which are involved in this work, such as the Black Sash Society, the South African Domestic Workers Association (S.A.D.W.A.) and the Centres of Concern, are discussed. The film clearly reveals the evils of Apartheid and the high emotional and spiritual costs of the system to both blacks and whites. Women of both races are pitted against a repressive paternalistic social system and are seen as the prime movers for change."@en
  • "Examines the issues of apartheid from the perspective of black women, who work as servants for white women in South Africa."
  • "Apartheid in South Africa is examined through the relationship of negro household workers and their white employers. 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."
  • "Interviews black maids and the white "madams" who employ them. Describes the lifestyle of the maids and their families. Discusses race relations in South Africa as shown by the relationship between the black maids and the white families for whom they work."
  • "Examines the tragedy of apartheid in South Africa through the emotional 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. Apartheid, like charity, begins at home, and madam's bedroom, kitchen and nursery are the ope."@en

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  • "Television adaptations"@en
  • "Nonfiction films"
  • "Motion pictures"
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  • "Foreign films"
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  • "Documentary"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en

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  • "Maids and madams apartheid begins in the home"@en
  • "Maids and madams"
  • "Maids and madams"@en
  • "Maids and madams: Apartheid Begins in the Home"

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