RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
Overseas
Maria Duarte is moved by a harrowing documentary about Filipino overseas domestic workers, far from home and their families, who face appalling treatment at the hands of their employers
Overseas by Sung-A Yoon
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
Overseas
Directed by Sung-A Yoon
“IF YOU can bear it and they don’t hurt you physically; if they feed you well and you get enough sleep — you’d better finish your contract,” advises a training instructor to a group of Filipino would-be overseas domestic workers during a pep talk. They are urged not to give up: what they can earn abroad they cannot earn in the Philippines.
Sung-A Yoon’s eye-opening documentary shines a light on a totally invisible profession encouraged by the government, exploring domestic slavery in a globalised world.
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