Servant or slave
Type
Label
Servant or slave
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated: M
Main title
Servant or slave
Runtime
58
Summary
In Australia, during the era of the Stolen Generations, thousands of Aboriginal girls were taken from their families and pressed into domestic servitude by the Australian Government. Servant or Slave follows the lives of five such women, stolen from their families and trained to be domestic servants and later forced into slave labour where they endured immense hardship, rape and even torture - coerced into remaining silent or even punished for reporting mistreatment to the local police or institutional authorities. Bringing to light the heartbreaking experiences of Rita Wright, Violet West, the Wenberg sisters Adelaide, Valerie (Linow) and Rita, Servant or Slave observes the strength an determination of these courageous women as they pursue justice for the crimes committed against them, opening up their stories for all to understand and acknowledge
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- Documentary films
- Social justice -- Australia
- Wenberg, Adelaide -- Personal narratives
- Children, Aboriginal Australian
- Child welfare -- Australia
- Nonfiction films
- Indigenous women -- Australia
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Slavery -- Australia -- Children
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia
- Aboriginal collection
- Wright, Rita -- Personal narratives
- Aboriginal Australians + Removal
- Families, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia
- Child labor -- Australia
- Forced labor -- Australia -- Children
- Indigenous children + Abuse of
- Aboriginal Australians + Government policy
- West, Violet -- Personal narratives
- Stolen generations (Australia)
- Wenberg, Valerie -- Personal narratives
- Wenberg, Rita -- Personal narratives
Content
Director
Interviewee
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor3
- Genre3
- Subject22
- Documentary films
- Social justice -- Australia
- Wenberg, Adelaide -- Personal narratives
- Children, Aboriginal Australian
- Child welfare -- Australia
- Nonfiction films
- Indigenous women -- Australia
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Slavery -- Australia -- Children
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia
- Aboriginal collection
- Wright, Rita -- Personal narratives
- Aboriginal Australians + Removal
- Families, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia
- Child labor -- Australia
- Forced labor -- Australia -- Children
- Indigenous children + Abuse of
- Aboriginal Australians + Government policy
- West, Violet -- Personal narratives
- Stolen generations (Australia)
- Wenberg, Valerie -- Personal narratives
- Wenberg, Rita -- Personal narratives
- Content1
- Director1
- Interviewee2