Monday, March 31, 2008

Nick Broomfield's "Ghosts"

This is the documovie I love so much! I tried so hard without much success to buy the DVD! It documents so poignantly the plight of illegal migrant workers. So much for globalization! Watch this!

Synopsis: 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. Risking their lives for pennies these unprotected workers end up cockling in Morcombe Bay at night.

With an extraordinary debut performance from Ai Qin Lin in a film whose principal characters are played by Chinese former illegal immigrants, Ghosts offers a unique insight into a secret world that surrounds us.