The World Unseen

you should come inside. 359 00:29:53,685 --> 00:29:55,680 Your husband's not back yet? 360 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,450 He works late in Cape Town. 361 00:29:57,450 --> 00:29:59,698 Usually he stays at his sister-in-... 362 00:30:00,207 --> 00:30:02,447 brother's place. 363 00:30:05,832 --> 00:30:08,719 - The daal was delicious. - Do you want some more? 364 00:30:08,726 --> 00:30:10,837 No, I would like to clean up though. 365 00:30:11,234 --> 00:30:13,589 There's hot water in the bathroom. Come. 366 00:30:57,702 --> 00:30:59,548 What are you doing? 367 00:31:05,217 --> 00:31:06,464 I couldn't sleep. 368 00:31:07,073 --> 00:31:08,500 Me neither. 369 00:31:10,290 --> 00:31:11,777 Let me get you some tea. 370 00:31:12,380 --> 00:31:14,401 I'll make the tea, Miriam. 371 00:31:18,598 --> 00:31:21,624 Miriam is always getting the tea for everyone. 372 00:31:28,848 --> 00:31:30,578 Tell me... 373 00:31:30,892 --> 00:31:32,885 Has anyone ever looked after you? 374 00:31:40,926 --> 00:31:42,954 When did you come to South Africa? 375 00:31:44,344 --> 00:31:47,190 Seven years ago, after I got married. 376 00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:48,624 Me too! 377 00:31:49,719 --> 00:31:51,771 Our first evening off of a boat from India 378 00:31:51,771 --> 00:31:54,272 and we walk straight into the Indian congress protest. 379 00:31:54,272 --> 00:31:58,526 There were sticks and guns and policemen. I was... 380 00:31:59,245 --> 00:32:00,375 terrified. 381 00:32:00,375 --> 00:32:01,575 I was there. 382 00:32:01,575 --> 00:32:03,523 Protesting The Ghetto Bill. 383 00:32:03,523 --> 00:32:06,628 I thought we could overthrow the government in two weeks. 384 00:32:10,871 --> 00:32:13,295 Is there anything that you don't do? 385 00:32:14,919 --> 00:32:18,026 I have to give people something to talk about. 386 00:32:18,255 --> 00:32:21,907 Do you ever think about getting married and having children instead? 387 00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:24,702 Yeah, it's that word "instead" I don't like. 388 00:32:24,702 --> 00:32:26,828 Why can't a woman do both if she wants to? 389 00:32:27,126 --> 00:32:28,344 It's not usual. 390 00:32:28,344 --> 00:32:32,180 No. But neither am I, and neither are you. 391 00:32:35,536 --> 00:32:37,953 Where did you learn to think like this? 392 00:32:39,616 --> 00:32:40,787 My grandmother... 393 00:32:40,787 --> 00:32:42,424 My mother's mother... 394 00:32:42,424 --> 00:32:44,086 The picture in the caf�? 395 00:32:44,330 --> 00:32:47,303 She lived here once before she was sent back to India. 396 00:32:48,279 --> 00:32:51,127 You must have heard someone's version of the story. 397 00:32:51,350 --> 00:32:53,094 There's always gossip... 398 00:32:54,802 --> 00:32:58,899 Tell me the story. The real story, if you don't mind. 399 00:32:59,835 --> 00:33:01,767 I'd like to tell you. 400 00:33:02,801 --> 00:33:06,262 I think you'd understand why my grandmother was so important to me. 401 00:33:06,726 --> 00:33:08,211 What happened to her? 402 00:33:18,858 --> 00:33:20,835 She was 19, 403 00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:23,444 with one child already. 404 00:33:26,049 --> 00:33:31,063 And shame and dishonour of being rapped, she tried to hide it. 405 00:33:32,492 --> 00:33:34,932 But she became pregnant. 406 00:33:36,554 --> 00:33:40,910 As soon as the baby was born, my mother, 407 00:33:41,182 --> 00:33:43,908 they realised it wasn't her husband's. 408 00:33:44,446 --> 00:33:46,092 What did they do to her? 409 00:34:06,875 --> 00:34:08,896 They put her on a train to Durban, 410 00:34:09,514 --> 00:34:11,700 to get a boat to Bombay. 411 00:34:31,393 --> 00:34:35,366 Hold him out so I can kiss him. Please... Please... 412 00:34:35,366 --> 00:34:36,138 No! 413 00:34:36,138 --> 00:34:40,194 No! Stop! Stop the train! No! 414 00:34:40,902 --> 00:34:44,050 No! Stop! No! 415 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:56,576 I can't imagine losing a child like that. 416 00:34:56,576 --> 00:34:58,528 It broke her. 417 00:34:59,467 --> 00:35:03,315 She didn't have one choice to make her whole life. 418 00:35:04,136 --> 00:35:05,790 And for as long as I can remember 419 00:35:06,130 --> 00:35:11,055 she always warned me about the dangers of being oppressed in a marriage. 420 00:35:11,339 --> 00:35:13,646 Is that why you haven't gotten married? 421 00:35:15,410 --> 00:35:17,676 That's not the only reason. 422 00:35:25,284 --> 00:35:27,043 Miriam? 423 00:35:27,832 --> 00:35:29,604 Yes? 424 00:35:32,137 --> 00:35:33,635 Nothing. 425 00:35:33,635 --> 00:35:36,000 You should go, the baby needs you. 426 00:35:59,582 --> 00:36:01,471 Sam? Yasmine! 427 00:36:02,089 --> 00:36:04,326 Auntie Amina was showing us the garden. 428 00:36:05,001 --> 00:36:06,536 Are you ready for school? 429 00:36:07,877 --> 00:36:09,170 Did you eat? 430 00:36:09,