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Makhdoumin = A maid for each / Orjouane Productions presents ; in coproduction with Les Films d'Ici, Medieoperatørene ; a film by Maher Abi Samra ; produced by Jinane Dagher, Sabine Sidawi ; written and directed by Maher Abi Samra.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Women household employees--Lebanon--Social conditions.
- Women household employees.
- Women foreign workers--Lebanon--Social conditions.
- Women foreign workers.
- Women immigrants--Lebanon--Social conditions.
- Women immigrants.
- Social conditions.
- Lebanon.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (67 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Maid for each
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In Arabic and some French, with subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Domestic work is a real market in Lebanon, segmented according to the national and ethnic origins of the workers and in which the Lebanese employer is master and the worker the property. Zein owns a domestic worker agency in Beirut ... He arranges for Asian and African women to work in Lebanese households and assists his clients in choosing 'mail-order' housemaids that will best suit their needs. With the media, the law and the police on his side, he can usually handle any problems that come up.
- Participant:
- With the participation of: Zein El Amin, Amal Baraket; cast: Bernadette Hodeib, Rahel Zegeye.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Claire Mathon ; editor, Rana Sabbagha.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Orjouane Productions/Les Films d'Ici/ Medieoperatørene, ©2016.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 5, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- if-amaid Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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