"You Just Want to Feel Free": Domestic Workers and Antiblackness
Document Type
Video
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
Framed by the reflections of contemporary Black domestic worker organizers, this documentary film explores how anti-Black racism has shaped the experiences of Black domestic workers. It explains how antiblackness evolved in the United States after the end of slavery and the many ways Black domestic workers fought back for their own dignity, respect, and freedom.
Click link to see the other video in this series: Demanding Justice: A History of Domestic Workers
Recommended Citation
Guglielmo, Jennifer and Joffroy, Michelle, ""You Just Want to Feel Free": Domestic Workers and Antiblackness" (2021). History: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/hst_facpubs/13
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Para ver la película en español, haga clic aquí / To view the film in Spanish, click here: vimeo.com/579453195/85a0b9369f
This film will have captions and/or voice-over Nepali, Haitian Creole, Tagalog/Filipino by Fall 2021, and Portuguese by Fall 2022.
To see the interactive timeline, A History of Domestic Work and Worker Organizing follow this link to the Smith ScholarWorks' record.
All facets of the project: timeline, curriculum, portraits, and videos are available at The National Domestic Workers Alliance website link here: Domestic Worker History.