Maids and Madams

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 52 min
  • Premiere: 1985. June 22.

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.

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Camera

Cliff Bestall

Director of Photography

Brain Tilly

Director of Photography

Directing

Mira Hamermesh

Director

Editing

Terry Twigg

Editor

Production

Debbie Boerne

Production Coordinator

Anita Bennett

Associate Producer

Mike Dodds

Executive Producer

Writing

Camera

Cliff Bestall

Director of Photography

Brain Tilly

Director of Photography

Directing

Mira Hamermesh

Director

Editing

Terry Twigg

Editor

Production

Debbie Boerne

Production Coordinator

Anita Bennett

Associate Producer

Mike Dodds

Executive Producer

Writing