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Author Goldman, Gary

Title Yes, ma'am / by Gary Goldman
Published New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (46 min.)
Series VAST - Academic video online
Summary Filmed in the stately mansions of New Orleans, Yes, Ma'am shows the role of the black domestic workers in keeping up the gracious lifestyle so closely associated with the old South. On the surface there is a harmonious relationship between employer and employee, but probe a little deeper and grievances emerge. The maids often feel cut off from their own children as they take care of other people's youngsters. The work is physically hard and they are poorly compensated. They have not had an effective labor organization. This is an ironic social document for sociologists, women's groups, activists and religious groups
Notes Previously published as DVD
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011)
Audience For College; Adult audiences
Notes English
Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1982
Midwest Film Conference, 1983
Subject African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Household employees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
African Americans.
Household employees.
Race relations.
SUBJECT New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations
Subject Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Form Streaming video