WHY SLAVERY? A Woman Captured
Season 4 Episode 10 | 58m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Can freedom - living life as a free person - be more frightening than enslavement?
For 10 years, Marish has been kept as a housekeeper by Eta, a Hungarian woman. She toils unpaid 7 days a week in exchange for meals, cigarettes and a couch to sleep on. Even money earned from an extra job must be handed over. Over two and a half years, filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter witnesses first-hand the relentless torrent of abuse - her presence also inspires Marish to live as a free person.
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WHY SLAVERY? A Woman Captured
Season 4 Episode 10 | 58m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
For 10 years, Marish has been kept as a housekeeper by Eta, a Hungarian woman. She toils unpaid 7 days a week in exchange for meals, cigarettes and a couch to sleep on. Even money earned from an extra job must be handed over. Over two and a half years, filmmaker Bernadett Tuza-Ritter witnesses first-hand the relentless torrent of abuse - her presence also inspires Marish to live as a free person.
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Marish is one of them.
(in Hungarian): (sniffles) ANNOUNCER: After over a decade of abuse, will Marish find freedom?
"A Woman Captured," on DocWorld.
♪ (objects clattering, heartbeat) (sniffling) (cellphone vibrating) BERNADETT TUZA-RITTER (quietly): (cellphone vibrating continues) (yawns) ♪ (distant rooster crowing) ETA: ETA: MARISH: ETA (shouting): (Eta sighs) (Marish grunts softly) (water running) ♪ (dog barking) ETA: (animals screeches) (barking continues) MARISH: ETA: ETA: MARISH: ETA: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (distant dog barking) (sniffling) ETA: (indistinct chatter) (slicing) MARISH: ETA: (washing dishes) ♪ ♪ ETA: ETA: TUZA-RITTER: (Eta chuckles) (Eta talking faintly) ♪ (distant banging) (distant banging continues) (indistinct nearby chatter) MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: (crickets chirping) MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: (Bernadett laughs) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: Mm-hmm.
MARISH: (Bernadett chuckles) (movement, floorboards creaking) MARISH: (clears throat, sniffles) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (sniffles, flips pages) ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: CHILD: (cutlery clanging) (inhales deeply) (sighing): TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (birds twittering) (bell chimes) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH (coughs): TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: MARISH: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (mutters, exhales) MARISH: ETA: MARISH: (dog barking outside) ETA: (indistinct chatter) ETA: DJULIO: ♪ (indistinct chatter in next room) (laughter in next room) TUZA-RITTER: ETA: TUZA-RITTER: ETA: (children playing) (glass breaks) CHILD: (child laughs) MARISH: CHILD: MARISH: CHILD: MARISH: CHILD: MARISH: CHILD: MARISH: CHILD: MARISH: CHILD: MARISH: MARISH: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (Marish sniffles) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: MARISH: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH (loudly): PETI: MARISH: PETI: MARISH: PETI: MARISH: MARISH: (dog barking outside) (TV playing in background) ETA: (cellphone ringing) PERSON (on phone): ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: (Marish scoffs) ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: ♪ ♪ ETA: PETI: MARISH: PETI: MARISH: PETI: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (clears throat) MARISH: (coughs) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (Bernadett chuckles) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: Mm-hmm.
♪ MARISH: ♪ ♪ MARISH: ETA: MARISH: ETA: ETA (loudly in other room): MARISH (whispering): (Eta continues talking loudly) (whispering): TUZA-RITTER (whispering): MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (Eta continues talking loudly) (vehicle passing, dog barking) MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (dishware clatters) (Thomas answering on phone) MARISH: Uh-huh.
Mm.
(voice breaking): (sniffles) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: ♪ (sniffling) ♪ (sniffles) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (birds chirping) (chickens clucking, dog barking) (voice in background) MARISH: ETA: (Marish whistles) (crickets chirping) (gate squeaks) (locks gate) (rattles lock) (coughs) ♪ (car approaching) (nearby traffic) MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: MARISH: ♪ MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: ♪ MARISH: (train approaching) (train rumbling) (Marish humming) (radio squawk) MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (Tuza-Ritter chuckling) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (sniffles) (exhales, sniffles) TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: (spits) (traffic passing) MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: (chuckling) MARISH: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: MARISH: TUZA-RITTER: ♪ (dishes, silverware clinking) (sniffles) WOMAN (speaking Hungarian): MARISH: WOMAN (over phone): MARISH: WOMAN (over phone): MARISH: WOMAN (over phone): MARISH: WOMAN (over phone): MARISH: WOMAN (over phone): MARISH: (sniffles) WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: MARISH: WOMAN: MARISH: (car door opens) EDITH: (laughs, shuts car door) TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: (laughs) TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: TUZA-RITTER: (laughs) TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: (laughs) TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: (audio bleep) TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: TUZA-RITTER: TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: EDITH: TUZA-RITTER: (laughs) TUZA-RITTER: EDITH: ♪ ♪ EDITH: (footsteps approaching) (laughing) VIVI: EDITH: (laughing) VIVI: VIVI: EDITH: VIVI: EDITH: VIVI: EDITH: VIVI: EDITH: (Vivi reads back message) EDITH: VIVI: EDITH: VIVI: EDITH: VIVI: EDITH: (birds chirping) EDITH: Uh-huh.
(car passing) ♪ (baby crying) ♪ (baby crying) EDITH: (baby fussing) ♪ EDITH: VIVI: EDITH: VIVI: ♪ (laughs) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
WHY SLAVERY? A Woman Captured | Deserving of Respect
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Talking to the filmmaker, Marish explains why she and others like herself deserve respect. (1m 34s)
WHY SLAVERY? A Woman Captured | Preview
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Can freedom - living life as a free person - be more frightening than enslavement? (30s)
WHY SLAVERY? A Woman Captured | Servitude and Family
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Caught between servitude and her own daughter, Marish shares her family's story. (1m 9s)
WHY SLAVERY? A Woman Captured | Signed to Servitude and Debt
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Marish is forced into signing for a loan, a debt that keeps her beholden to her employer. (1m 25s)
WHY SLAVERY? A Woman Captured | Trailer
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Can freedom - living life as a free person - be more frightening than enslavement? (1m 6s)
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