WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
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
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
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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