TORONTO, Canada – Discrimination in opposition to ladies of shade within the office is the theme for I Cant be The Solely One, a documentary by Jamaican film-maker Sandy Daley-Legister. She plans to launch the venture in Might for submission to the Toronto International Film Festival which takes place in September.
Recognized for her provocative e book and play, Whose Vagina is It, Really?, Daley-Legister started analysis on the subject final yr and is nearing completion of the movie.
Sandy Daley-Legister
“The inspiration for I Can’t be The Solely One got here from a sequence of occasions over a few years. It’s all the time been a topic of dialog amongst black/numerous ladies and particularly between my girlfriends and I. We regularly talk about the racism/discrimination that we face,” she stated.
In response to the Toronto-based Daley-Legister, the tipping level got here when she skilled “a difficult expertise” at work for a authorities group.
“The racism that permeated throughout the group was disturbing. As an advocate for human/womens’ rights, it was apparent that I, and different succesful numerous ladies had been seen as a risk. Promotions and developments had been taken off the desk, leaving me and others feeling exiled, in a really poisonous work atmosphere,” she revealed. “It was a really troublesome state of affairs, however one which nobody appeared to dare deal with. After all, I spoke out. This sadly made issues worse, as I then grew to become a goal.”
To make sure the documentary had rounded perspective, Daley-Legister sought ladies from completely different nations, ages, levels in life and cultures who skilled comparable obstacles at work.
Her interviews with them had been eye-opening.
“Every lady introduced a unique and distinctive ingredient to the documentary. All of them had an immense sense of sophistication about them,” she stated.
Born in Kingston, Daley-Legister migrated to Canada in her late teenagers. She is energetic within the Jamaican neighborhood in her adopted nation, taking up delicate points as a radio discuss present host and newspaper columnist.
Whose Vagina is It, Actually? examined a standard notion amongst males that they preserve a sexual dominance over a lady lengthy after the connection ended.
DNA: Daddy’s Not Round, her quick movie, regarded on the lack of father figures in black houses.
