This portrait covers not just the workers but also their employers and the employment agents who act as middlemen. Abuses like this can happen around the world but are especially notable in Lebanon under the kafala system, an often-abused legal system used to monitor migrant laborers. And yet young women from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the Philippines keep coming with dreams of making a decent living.
The film is making its world premiere on April 25 as part of CPH:DOX’s F:act Award competition. Florian Kläger produces.