Karen Kramer is an independent document filmmaker specializing in films about rituals, traditions, cultures, and communities around the world. Her works have been seen in over 30 countries. In addition, she is also a professor at New School for Social Research in New York and has written extensively about film and other subjects for The Daily News, The Village Voice, New York Newsday, Woman’s Own, The Independent, and several other publications.
Children of Shadows (2000)、Days of Awe (1997)、Coney Island Mermaid (1990)、Celebration! (1988)、Haitian Song (1982)
In Haiti, many poor families are forced to give away their children. The children then go to live and work for other families as unpaid servants. This film follows the children throughout their day as they do all the housework and also interviews them where they speak freely for the first time on camera. The film also interviews the “aunts”…