NEW 2010 DOCUMENTARY FILM:
LIFTING THE WEIGHT OF HISTORY // AU TOURNANT DE I’HISTOIRE

MARTINIQUE’S AFRO-CARIBBEAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Lifting the Weight of History is an ethnographic film that showcases the richly textured experiences of five women entrepreneurs in Martinique. Through their stories and the commentary of local experts, we learn about the challenges of race and gender in a society where legacies of slavery still play out in the culture of business. The women featured here demonstrate the strength and independence of Caribbean women and reveal how a distinctive model of workplace leadership is helping lift the weight of an oppressive history and help Afro-Caribbean people claim their space in the economic life of the island.
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