Maids for Sale
2019•51m•Released
Documentary
BBC News Arabic's undercover investigation exposes the people in Kuwait breaking local and international laws on modern slavery, including a woman offering a child for sale. At the centre of this powerful investigative film is Fatou, a 16 year old in Kuwait City who has been there for nine months. We follow her rescue and journey back home to Guinea, West Africa and ask: what's being done to control the apps promoted on Google, Apple and Facebook-owned Instagram?
Director
Jess Kelly
Writer
Jess Kelly
Studio
BBC
Cast
Jess Kelly
Narrator
May K. Al-Tararwah
Lawyer
Fatou Bongono
Maid
Urmila Bhoola
U.N.
Mary Ann Abunda
Sandigan
Nasser Al-Mousawi
Chief Domestic Workers Office
Jaques Bongono
Police Officer Conakry, Guinea
Biba Conde
Maid
Nana
Maid
Esther Kéïta
Maid
Production
Company
BBC
Producer
Owen Pinnell
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