Housemaids

A quiet, observational documentary that reveals the uneasy intimacy and power imbalances inside Brazilian households through the eyes of children.

Directed by

Gabriel Mascaro

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Dilma dos Santos Souza, Flávia Santos Silva, Helena Araújo

Overview

Seven adolescents take on the mission of filming, for one week, their family's housemaids and hand over the footage to the director to make a film. The images that confront us uncover the complex relationship that exists between housemaids and their employers, a relationship that confuses intimacy and power in the workplace and provides us with an insight into the echoes of a colonial past that linger in contemporary Brazil.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Class, power, work, family

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

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