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Latina Domestic Workers Fight for Fair Wages in Hasidic Williamsburg in New Award-Winning Film

A complex situation is explored in new film based on real events.

By Taylor Lhamon

Sept. 22, 2019 · 3 min read

Latina Domestic Workers Fight for Fair Wages in Hasidic Williamsburg in New Award-Winning Film
Arts & Culture

Latina Domestic Workers Fight for Fair Wages in Hasidic Williamsburg in New Award-Winning Film

A complex situation is explored in new film based on real events.

· 3 min read
Latina Domestic Workers Fight for Fair Wages in Hasidic Williamsburg in New Award-Winning Film

Local filmmakers Michal Birnbaum and Tamar Glezerman will screen “Division Ave,” at the Chelsea Film Festival and Katra Film Series over the next two months. This piece illuminates the harsh realities of the modern day labor market in Williamsburg, and an unlikely friendship that emerges amidst oppression.

A few days before Passover, Fernanda, a young Mexican woman, is hired by a Brooklyn cleaning agency to work in the local Jewish Hasidic community. Despite a prolonged wait for…

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