2006-10-25 • 1h 36m

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

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.

Directors

Nick Broomfield

Writters

Nick Broomfield, Hsiao-Hung Pai, Jez Lewis

Editors

Peter Christelis