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Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
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A Woman's Place - Short Stories (Series)
The Amahs of Hong Kong
Filipino women exploited as maids in Hong Kong.
11 minutes
Color
Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1996
Copyright Date: 1995
ISBN (VHS): 1-56029-665-8
Directed by Anastasia Edwards
Produced by bbf DAERRE Productions with TVE
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"Fast paced, yet informative...Highly Recommended."
Belinda L. Robinson-Jones, MC Journal
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This film explores the lives of Filipino maids in Hong Kong. Forced by mass poverty and continuing economic crisis to leave their families and homeland behind, the amahs send 70-85% of their earnings back to the Philippines. The women often suffer horrific abuse from their employers, and the sacrifices they make are enormous, but so are the potential rewards: money to educate their children and to improve their own living when retired.
Other titles in the series are:
Teach a Woman How to Fish and... - Sea farming empowers women in Fiji.
Dry Days In Dobbagunta - Literacy program spurs anti-liquor campaign in rural India and empowers women.
A Healthy Start - The debate over women's health care in South Africa.
The Alarm Rings Softly - Caribbean women use drama and reggae to fight domestic violence.
Footprints of Sorrow - Guatemalan war widows fighting for human rights.
Reviews:
"Appropriate...for advanced high school, college or university classes dealing with labor, gender, and global migration."
Nicole Constable, Asian Educational Media Service
"Express(es)...women's desire for independence, self-sufficiency and the important role of having a voice in the process of decision-making...fast paced, yet informative...geared toward the advanced high school student and above...has a place in all video collections in the areas of Women's Studies, History, Sociology and Anthropology. Highly Recommended." Belinda L. Robinson-Jones, MC Journal
Related Subjects:
Anthropology
Asian Studies
China
Globalization
Human Rights
Pacific Studies
Philippines
Women's Studies
Related Links:
www.tve.org (The producer's web site)
Related Titles:
Invisible Garments: Expensive Soles: Nike and other multinationals are moving production to countries like Indonesia.
Lucia: A dramatic film about the cost of an oil spill to a fishing village in the Philippines.
Smack City: Hong Kong, the drug capital of southeast Asia for the last century.
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