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Ghosts (2006)

Ghosts poster
Directed by
Nick Broomfield
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
15
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is based on a real disaster in 2004 where cockle pickers died in Morecambe Bay. It shows the lives of Chinese immigrant workers and the dangerous conditions they faced.

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What happens

Ghosts is a 2006 drama film directed by Nick Broomfield, based on the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. The title is a reference to the Cantonese slang term Gweilo (鬼佬), meaning "ghost man", used for white people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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