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Ghosts Details

2006 Certificate 15
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Ai Qin, a young Chinese girl from Fujian, China, borrows $25,000 to pay Snakeheads to smuggle her into the UK illegally so she can support her son and family back in China. Once in the UK, she becomes another one of three million migrant workers that are the bedrock of its food supply chain, construction and hospitality .. Read more

Starring Ai Qin Lin, Zhan Yu, Zhe Wei
Director Nick Broomfield
Genres Documentary, Drama

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Ghosts

Ai Qin, a young Chinese girl from Fujian, China, borrows $25,000 to pay Snakeheads to smuggle her into the UK illegally so she can support her son and family back in China. Once in the UK, she becomes another one of three million migrant workers that are the bedrock of its food supply chain, construction and hospitality industries. She lives with eleven other Chinese in a two-bedroom suburban house. With illegally forged work permits, they work in factories preparing food for British supermarkets. In their search for better paying jobs to repay their debts, they end up cockling in Morecambe Bay at night. On February 5th 2004 twenty three Chinese drowned in Morecambe, their families in China are still paying off their debts.

Starring Ai Qin Lin, Zhan Yu, Zhe Wei
Director Nick Broomfield
Studio LACE GROUP
Run time DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Documentary, Drama
Language DVD: English, Mandarin
Subtitles DVD: English
Released Production year: 2006

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      Ai Qin, a young Chinese girl from Fujian, China, borrows $25,000 to pay Snakeheads to smuggle her into the UK illegally so she can support her son and family back in China. Once in the UK, she becomes another one of three million migrant workers that are the bedrock of its food supply chain, ...