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Maids and Madams

Synopsis
Examines the issues of apartheid from the perspective of black and white women under Apartheid. Some ‘Madams’ were kind, some ruthlessly exploited their black maids, but the tragedy of black women was that in order to survive, they had to look after their madam’s children and neglect their own, says Sue Gordon, a white Madam herself. Over a million black women lived in a state of domestic bondage, under paid, working long hours and at the mercy of draconian laws which separated them from their own families.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of production
1985
Subjects
Women’s studies
Keywords
apartheid; South Africa

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£30.60
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
52 minutes
Year
2016

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email
sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web
http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01473 726 012
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes
A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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