Modern Slavery in Athens / 17 Minutes
Director / Shooter / Producer
This documentary profiles the harrowing story of Click Ngwere, A Zimbabwean migrant to Greece who was coaxed into leaving her country with promises of a better future.
In 1993, followed two years of sequestration, she was under lock and key, enslaved and forced to work as a housekeeper, nanny and cook without pay.
“They gave me a cup, a spoon and a plate, and they said these are the things which you use, and when you wash them, don’t wash them together with ours, you have to go and wash them outside with a different sponge.”
Click Ngwere
After fighting in the war of independence in Zimbabwe, Click was tricked by a Greek woman into leaving her country and her kids behind.
Illustrations: Panayiotis Pantazis
It was only two years later that she managed to escape from the home where she was kept prisoner.
