We Wanted Workers, We Got People

  • Documentary
  • 2011
  • 28:46
  • Short length

Synopsis

A man doesn’t choose his parents or the country he’s born in. The question of national identity determines fates of many, whether they like it or not. Citizens of many European countries go looking for a better life in the promised lands of the West, doing work local population doesn’t know or want to do. They’re looked upon as second class citizens and denied their basic human and social rights. In tandem with big business, the laws are tailored so that the exploitation of these people is legal. In the film are speaking: Armin Salihović, Jelko Kacin, Andreja Kulunčić, Andrej Kurnik, Inga Žic, Marija Pejčinović Burić, Srećko Horvat, Veronika Bajt, Walter Baler, Haris Golemis.

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Awards

  • CineMigrante Film Festival – Best Short Film 2013

Production contact

Hulahop

Vlaška 79, 1000 Zagreb, Croatia

T. +385 (0)1 390 70 74 

info@hulahop.hr 

www.hulahop.hr

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Awards

  • CineMigrante Film Festival – Best Short Film 2013

Production contact

Hulahop

Vlaška 79, 1000 Zagreb, Croatia

T. +385 (0)1 390 70 74 

info@hulahop.hr 

www.hulahop.hr