Maid for Sale trailer [documentary movie of Sri Lankan female labor stories in Lebanon]

Описание: This documentary movie tells Sri Lankan female labor stories of modern slavery and human trafficking in Lebanon. It reveals issues of gender equality and worker’s rights in domestic workers.

SYNOPSIS

In the early 2000s, with a population of about four million in Lebanon, over 100,000 were said to be international migrant workers of Sri Lankan origin. Most of these workers were women who work as housekeepers for Lebanese families. In order to pay off family debts or help their families, many of these women came from rural areas and left their families and children to work in Lebanon. Most of the time, they found themselves in a situation worse than back home, deprived of their passports, locked up in houses, working for countless hours...all this for 100 dollars a month!

Three women, Sashika, Janika, and Anne-Rita, each going through her destiny and telling us about it from the bottom of the heart. Three stories that intertwine marked by the sending of letters back home, the swallowed tears upon departure, the long years of waiting and suffering, and the uncertain return home.

"Maid for Sale" tells their story.

INFORMATION

54 minutes | English subtitles | HD (1920×1080)
Lebanon, Sri Lanka, France, Belgium | 2005
Director: Dima Al-Joundi

AWARDS & FILM FESTIVALS

1. First Prize for Best Documentary, 2008 United Nations Millennium Development Goals Competition (MDGs)
2. Grand Prize and Jury Prize, 2009 Khouribga International Documentary Film Festival
3. Winner of Jury Prize, 2010 Terra di Tutti Film Festival
And 20+ more.

HIGHLIGHT ENDORSEMENT
"Maid for Sale is an excellent documentary that highlights a very important issue in the most eloquent and measured fashion. A true lesson in documentary making."
Asian Movie Pulse

"Maids for Sale, distinguished itself by the strength and courage by which it addressed the topic of Sri Lankan maids and the phenomenon of modern slavery."
Khouribga International Documentary Film Festival

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION

1. This movie is the first documentary with the theme of female labor stories in the Middle East which was dealt with from an insider with living experiences in both Lebanon and Sri Lanka.
2. It deciphers the economic, political and socio-cultural aspects of the network of modern slavery and human trafficking with worker's rights violations where the collusion between states, recruitment agencies, banks and usurers is wholly evident.