GHOSTS by Nick Broomfield
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29 years old
United Kingdom
Last Login: 8/28/2007
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| Website | ghoststhemovie.co.uk | | Influences | Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Biggie and Tupac
Kurt & Courtney
His Big White Self | | Awards | WINNER Solidarity Award:San Sebastián International Film Festival 2006 | | Festivals | San Sebastián International Film Festival 2006
London Film Festival October 2006
Sundance Film Festival 2007 | | Professional Affiliations | Nick Broomfield's official website:www.nickbroomfield.com
The Morecambe Victim Fund:www.ghosts.uk.com
Anti-Slavery International:www.antislavery.org |
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| Status: | Single | | Zodiac Sign: | Aquarius |
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'GHOSTS' will play at following cinemas from this weekend:
02.02.07 Broadway NOTTINGHAM
02.02.07 Wyeside Arts Centre BUILTH WELLS
02.02.07 PicturevilleBRADFORD
02.02.07 ShowroomSHEFFIELD
09.02.07 Ritzy BRIXTON
09.02.07 Chapter CARDIFF
16.02.07 City Cinema CARLISLE
16.02.07 MacRobert Arts Centre STIRLING
23.02.07 David Lean CROYDON
23.02.07 New Park Film Centre CHICHESTER
23.02.07 Picture House at FACT LIVERPOOL
23.02.07 Hyde Park Picture House LEEDS
02.03.07 Gardener Arts Centre BRIGHTON
02.03.07 Harbour Lights SOUTHAMPTON
02.03.07 Eden Court INVERNESS
09.03.07 Hat Factory LUTON
09.03.07 Tyneside NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
16.03.07 Riverside Studio HAMMERSMITH
16.03.07 Filmhouse RICHMOND
16.03.07 Forum Cinema NORTHAMPTON
16.03.07 Phoenix Picture House OXFORD
23.03.07 Corn Exchange NEWBURY
23.03.07 Midlands Arts BIRMINGHAM
23.03.07 Courtyard Arts Centre HEREFORD
23.03.07 Phoenix Arts LEICESTER
23.03.07 Assembly Rooms LUDLOW
30.03.07 Southhill Park BRACKNELL
30.03.07 Film Theatre STOKE ON TRENT
30.03.07 PLYMOUTH Arts Centre
13.04.07 Theatr Mwldan CARDIGAN
13.04.07 Kirkgate Centre COCKERMOUTH
04.05.07 Stephen Joseph Theatre SCARBOROUGH
11.05.07 Clwyd Theatr Cymru MOLD
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The title GHOSTS refers to the term the Chinese use to describe white westerners, but it could also be a reference to the legions of poorly paid, and unprotected non-British workers labouring in slave conditions within the food industry which many would prefer remained invisible. Nick Broomfield..s second fiction feature directly addresses this other side of Britain we chose not to see and explores the exploitation and circumstances behind the daily lives of these workers who prepare our food for UK supermarkets and restaurants that culminated in the tragedy of Morecambe Bay, when 23 Chinese workers lost their lives in February 2004.
There are over 3 million migrant workers living and working in Britain today and upon whom our economy depends yet they have no rights or protection. At the film's centre is an extraordinary debut performance from Ai Qin Lin, as we follow her journey from Chinese poverty, through various low skilled jobs in the UK food industry. Partly inspired by Hsiao-Hung Pai's Guardian articles, and Broomfield's documentarian's drive for authenticity (conducting his own painstaking research and undercover filming in China as well as casting non-actors, many with experience of the migrant lifestyle), GHOSTS is a compelling tale that demands consumers to question their own insatiable appetite for cheap food and put pressure on the supermarket chains to change the way in which food is produced. Until this situation changes tragedies such as Morecambe Bay will continue to happen.
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