The Second Mother

Anna Muylaert (2015, Brazil, 114 min.)

What are the true costs of domestic labor? What happens when we place center stage the lives of workers meant neither to be seen nor heard? This Sundance Award-winning film offers an emotionally powerful look at issues of gender and class is a global workforce that is 83% female, earns 40% of the global average wage, and in 60% of countries lacks full legal protections.