STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
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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
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
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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