Maid in America

Running time: 58 mins

World Premiere

?There are 100,000 domestic workers in Los Angeles, California. These are some of their stories.?

The culmination of three years of research and work, Anayansi Prado?s tough-minded, emotional and exceptionally lucid documentary follows the lives of three Latina immigrants eking it out as nannies and housekeepers. With rare patience and sensitivity, Prado?s camera tracks Judith, Telma and Eva, strong women whose lives have been momentarily sidetracked by poverty and personal problems, but whose determination and courage keep them going in the bustle of L.A.

Struggling with parenthood and the families they left behind, these women are, in Judith?s words, looking not for the American dream but ?to live in the reality of who we are.? Scrupulously examining the relationships between employees and employers, this eye-opening film triumphantly gives Latina domestic workers a face and a voice.

Fernando F. Croce

Screening with:
The Offering; dir. Armando Guerra, Waldo Capote; 30min/MiniDV/Cuba ? In the mountains of Guantanamo, Cuba, the community of La Rancheria gets ready to fulfill a promise to the Virgen de la Caridad. The ?payment? is a ceremony called altar de cruz.

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