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Why Slavery?

A Woman Captured

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

A raw and intimate portrayal of the psychology behind enslavement. Marish has worked for a family for 10 years - performing all manner of household duties seven days a week in exchange for only meals, cigarettes and a couch to sleep on. Marish's 18 year-old daughter ran away a couple of years ago unable to bear her circumstances any longer, but Marish is too afraid to break away.
Director Bernadett Tuza-Ritter films as she gradually determines to free herself and become an independent woman.
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