Ghosts

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

6.5

14 votes

2006

1h 36m

Drama

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.

Directed by Nick Broomfield