BARAKEDEN – THE LITTLE HOUSE MAIDS OF BAMAKO

Adeline Gonin | Mali, France 2015 | 57 Min. | OmeU

Oumou left her village when she was 14 to come to work as a maid in Bamako, Malis capital. Endless days, humiliation, pittance… Like hundreds of thousands of her fellows, she endures harsh life with hope for a better life. By night, these “little maids” gather to express their resentment. Helped by some activists, some of them begin to organize themselves so as to defend their rights. Meanwhile, Hawa is about to leave her village and come for the first time to the city…