12/1 Screening: Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
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Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave
directed by Alexander Kluge
December 1, 2011
7:30 pm
92Y Tribeca screening room
200 Hudson Street
$12
Roswitha Bronski divides her time between raising her three kids,
caring for her husband and working to support them by running an
illegal underground abortion clinic.
Her life is disrupted when police raid her clinic and she is forced to
shut it down. Her husband gets a job in a factory, which is then
outsourced to a cheaper labor force. This propels her towards direct
action, to engage in social and political struggles outside of the
home in order to make a better world for herself, her family and
others.
Director Alexander Kluge (one of the founders of New German Cinema)
and his sister Alexandra Kluge (in the title role) explore the
struggles of women to transcend their traditional social role and
realize their own desires.
dir. Alexander Kluge, 1973, 91 minutes, dvd
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