January 3, 2008
Nick Broomfield’s stunning docu-drama told the moving, riveting story of the cockle pickers who perished at Morecambe Bay in 2004. Easily Broomfield’s best work to date, and all the more astonishing considering his decision to trace the people involved and train them into actors, using their experiences as the all too real basis for their performances. An angry, constructive film whose release formed part of a major campaign to help the victims.