IN Nanjing

Ghosts Showing Friday 28th March, 7:00pm

Director: Nick Broomfield
Cast: Ai Qin Lin, Zhan Yu, Zhe Wei, Devi Zhu, Man Qin Wei
Based on a true story, and shot in a documentary style.
On February 25th 2004 twenty three Chinese people drowned in
Morecambe Bay. Their families in China are still paying off their debt.
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 the British
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 Morecambe 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.