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...( read more
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Nick Broomfield's documentary experience allowed this film and it's portrayal of the events of the deaths of Chinese Imigrant workers at Morecambe Bay, England.
The film takes you through the illegal imigration process up until the night of the tragic deaths. The film is not ...( read more)
An interesting insight into the story behind the death of Chinese cockle pickers caught up in the perilous tide of Morecambe Bay and the life of illegal immigrants working in Britain.
A moving and powerful film based on the tragedy that took place in 2004 at Morcambe Bay, Lancashire, UK. 23 Chinese illegal immigrant workers, cockle picking on the notoriously dangerous coast, died after becoming trapped by rising tides. Nick Broomfield, a veteran of creating do...( read more)
Such a heart-wrenching film. Touched me deeply. All these years that I spent traveling around only makes me appreciate my life even more.
The most harrowing and distressing film I have ever seen. I really don't know how to rate this....it has left its mark on me....but I wouldn't want to ever watch it again.
The dreadful plight of illegal immigrants to the U.K. has been highlighted in a number of films, including Michael Winterbottom's 'In This World' and Channel 4's miniseries 'Sex Traffic'. While Nick Broomfield was motivated by the tragedy of the deaths of Chinese cockle-pickers i...( read more)
Anyone would be touched by this movie, on either side of society. The matter is very complicated. Nick Broomfield is a humanitarian and says "it's only a small amount for the UK government to pay to these victims' families", which is true. On the other hand the gove...( read more)
sometimes the promise of a better life or the chance to get some more money to help the beloved ones left behind at home, is enough to embark on a journey that can take several years, or even forever, by never coming back. this is a veridic story about a group of chinese illegal ...( read more)
a true life tragedy in u.k where migrant workers died, picking cockles of the coast in a unsafe ennviroment, as they were being exploited, we see the journey of one women from her home to the u.k and what she has t do to survive, before the fateful day, a documentery look and fee...( read more)
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