They clean other people’s houses and raise other families’ kids—often leaving their own loved ones behind in their Latin American homelands. This film underscores the vital role domestic workers play in many American households but also showcases how the new maids are redefining their place in society through the Workers’ Rights movement. Implicated in these three mini-portraits of Central American women is a story that includes middle-class African American households and the history of domestic workers in America.