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When Strangers Re-Unite (1999)
Directed by Marie Boti, Florchita Bautista
Documentary
Three Filipino families struggle to rebuild their lives in Canada after years of separation. The third part of a trilogy on the impact of labour migration, including Brown Women Blond Babies and Modern Heroes Modern Slaves.Every year thousands of women enter Canada as domestic servants, the majority of them from the Philippines. Leaving their own children and families behind, they can spend many isolated years cooking, cleaning and caring for others. Sending much of their wages back home, they dream of the day their families can join them.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Marie Boti, Florchita Bautista
- Producer
- Malcolm Guy, Michelle Smith, Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Details
- Original title
- Quand les étrangers se réunissent
- Release date
- 1999-06-06
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Tagalog
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Productions Multi-Monde, ONF | NFB