Director: Christine Turner
Executive Producer: Stanley Nelson, Marica Smith, Sheila Nevins
Producer: Lily Plotkin, Christine Turner
Cinematographer: Othello Banaci, Vatsala Goel, Brennan Vance
Editor: Mengfan Wu
Music: Daniel Bernard Roumain
Language: English
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Publicist: The 2050 Group
US Distributor: MTV Documentary Films
Editor: Mengfan Wu
Music: Daniel Bernard Roumain
Language: English
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Publicist: The 2050 Group
US Distributor: MTV Documentary Films
Google Project Lead: Arienne Thompson Plourde, Kate Drager, Barry Fischer
Director: Clara Lehmann
Interviewer/Executive Producer: Arienne Thompson Plourde
Creative Director/2nd Camera: Jonathan Lacocque
Design Director: Ryan Butterworth
Associate Producer: Grace Lawson
Director of Photography: Othello Banaci
Location Sound: Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide
Gaffer/Grip: V&T Films - Nathan Taylor and Valeria Verastegui
Drone Operator: Jason Flakes
Editor: Jonathan Lacocque
Sound Designer: David Jaunai
Colorist: Courtney Feemster
Original Music: Ho Ling Tang
Stock Music: Audiosocket
“Grazing Hope"
Written by Billie Ray Fingers, Bruce Fingers, and Ho Ling Tang
Courtesy of Extreme Music
“Glaze of Our Lives”
Written by Billie Ray Fingers, Bruce Fingers, and Ho Ling Tang
Courtesy of Extreme Music
“Feeling Quirky”
Written by Nicholas Pesci
Courtesy of Audiosocket
Director: @thomasaharris
Producer: Lindsay Hall
DP: @othellobanaci
2nd Cam: @aaronmtucker
Movi/Editor: @daniel_stours
VFX: @donteneal_
Colorist: @riggieri
SFX: @stclairsound
Framed by the reflections of contemporary Black domestic worker organizers, this documentary film explores how anti-Black racism has shaped the experiences of Black domestic workers. It explains how antiblackness evolved in the United States after the end of slavery and the many ways Black domestic workers fought back for their own dignity, respect, and freedom.
Para ver la película en español, haga clic aquí / To view the film in Spanish, click here: vimeo.com/579453195/85a0b9369f
This film will have captions and/or voice-over Nepali, Haitian Creole, Tagalog/Filipino in early 2022, and Portuguese by Fall 2022.
Narrated by Alicia Garza
Domestic worker interviews: June Barrett, Gilda Blanco, Alicia Cleveland, Anastancia Cuna, Priscilla Smith
Scholar interviews: Sarah Haley, Tera Hunter, Talitha LeFlouria
Directors: Othello Banaci, Jennifer Guglielmo, Michelle Joffroy
Executive Producers: Jennifer Guglielmo, Michelle Joffroy, Lisa Moore
Producers: Othello Banaci and Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.
Supervising Producers: Jennifer Guglielmo and Michelle Joffroy
Script: Maia Harris with Jennifer Guglielmo and Michelle Joffroy
Editing: Abi Weaver
Animation: Zoë Soriano
Archival Producer: Amanda Bonavita
Associate Producers: Diana Sierra Becerra, Anna Duncan, Evan McGonagill
Boom Operator: Ben Sands
Cinematography: Othello Banaci, Trivel Miller and Samson Binutu
Artwork: Cece Carpio
Music Arrangement: Othello Banaci
Audio Mastering: Alex Senf
Colorist: Abi Weaver
Creative Consultant: Angelo J. Guglielmo Jr.
This film was produced as part of the core educational curriculum for the National Domestic Workers Alliance
Client - Thrive Global
Production Co - Creative Theory Agency
Project Manager - Samantha Pennington
Director - Trivell Miller
Production Coordinators - Jessie Lyles and Danielle Burgess
DP - Othello Banaci
Camera Operator - Trivell Miller
Gaffer - Ace Burney
Sound - Ted Hogeman
PA - Deja Taylor
Color - Rob Bessette
Sound Mix - Clean Cuts
This documentary film explores the history of domestic worker organizing in the United States, from everyday acts to larger-scale forms of rebellion and organizing. It traces the domestic workers' movement across different regions and includes Indigenous, African American, and Mexican American women, as well as immigrants from the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, Europe, and the Philippines, from the 1600s to today.
Narrated by Alicia Garza
Domestic worker interviews: Juana Flores, Silvia González, Allison Julien, Dina Nuñez Patricia Sauls
Scholar interviews: Linda Burnham, Kathleen Coll, Sarah Haley, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Tera Hunter, Michelle Joffroy, Talitha LeFlouria, Mia Michael, Premilla Nadasen
Directors: Othello Banaci, Jennifer Guglielmo, Michelle Joffroy
Executive Producers: Jennifer Guglielmo, Michelle Joffroy, Lisa Moore
Producers: Othello Banaci and Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.
Supervising Producers: Jennifer Guglielmo and Michelle Joffroy
Script: Maia Harris with Jennifer Guglielmo and Michelle Joffroy
Editing: Abi Weaver
Animation: Zoë Soriano
Archival Producer: Amanda Bonavita
Associate Producers: Diana Sierra Becerra, Anna Duncan, Evan McGonagill
Boom Operator: Ben Sands
Cinematography: Othello Banaci, Trivel Miller and Samson Binutu
Artwork: Cece Carpio
Music Arrangment: Othello Banaci
Audio Mastering: David Wilson
Colorist: Abi Weaver
Creative Consultant: Angelo J. Guglielmo Jr.
This film was produced as part of the core educational curriculum for the National Domestic Workers Alliance
