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Ghosts (2006)

Ghosts (2006)

Drama

Morecambe Bay, February 5th 2004, 23 lives, 23 souls

Release Date: 2006, October 25
Directors: Nick Broomfield
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Head Gear Films, Film4 Productions, Channel 4 Television, Lafayette Film
Cast: Sean Lin, Roger Gray, Mark Thomas, Li Xiang, Raquel Marques, Lorraine Day, David Bryan, Tao Li, Paul Plausin, Stewart Jones, Ai Qin Lin, Zhan Yu

Overview:

When a young girl, Ai Qin, pays $25,000 to be smuggled into the UK in order to support her family back in China, she becomes another one of 3 million migrant workers that have become the bedrock of our economy. Forced to live with eleven other Chinese people in a two bedroom house, they work in factories preparing food for British supermarkets. Risking their lives for pennies these unprotected workers end up cockling in Morcombe Bay at night.