We Wanted Workers, We Got People
- Title: We Wanted Workers, We Got People
- Year of production: 2011
- Duration: 28`
- Director: Đuro Gavran
- Screenwriters: Miljenka Čogelja, Đuro Gavran
- Camera: Tamara Cesarec, Eva Kraljević
- Editing: Nina Velnić
- Music: Boris Vidošević (Friglob)
- Producers: Dana Budisavljević, Miljenka Čogelja
- Production: Hulahop , Centar za mirovne studije (CMS)
The film is about the exploitation of Bosnian construction workers in Slovenia. Citizens of many European countries look for a better life in the promised lands of the West, doing jobs local population can't or doesn't want to do. They're regarded 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 becomes legal.
Director:
Đuro Gavran (1982, Bjelovar) gained the Master's Degree in Film and TV direction (direction: documentary) at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, as well as Design at the Graphic College, University of Zagreb. He is the author of around ten documentaries and two experimental films. His film „Ve...
