The film “We wanted workers, we got people” tells about the exploitation of Bosnian construction workers in Slovenia.
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.
Director// Đuro Gavran
Screenwriters// Miljenka Čogelja i Đuro Gavran
Screenplay associates// Peace Studies students 2010/2011
Cinematographers// Tamara Cesarec i Eva Kraljević
Editor// Nina Velnić
Music// Boris Vidošević
Producers// Dana Budisavljević and Miljenka Čogelja (Hulahop); Iva Zenzerović (Center for Peace Studies)
Duration// 26 min
Languages// Croatian, Slovenian, English
Production// Hulahop and Centre for Peace Studies, 2011