Smugglers can be heroes, but smugglers of people, or traffickers, usually are villains of the worst kind.
"Daughter of Shanghai" shows traffickers at their murderous worst. There is, in fact, one scene copied from the worst days of cross-Atlantic slave-trading.
With the Biden-Harris administration's wide-open southern border, human trafficking is again a consideration, and is again a subject of concern -- at least for people outside the administration.
The trafficking of this movie is different: All the "illegal immigrants" are eager to be smuggled into these United States. They are not kidnapped and are not drug smugglers. They are, apparently, people who expect to find jobs in order to better themselves and their families.
Unfortunately for them, the people in charge of the operation essentially sell them, making another profit from the people and businesses who buy the immigrants, and paying their new workers just room and board.
There is a lot of drama and horror, and a daughter of a man murdered because he refused to accept the immigrants sets out to find her father's killer.
Anna May Wong is being featured on TCM this month and "Daughter of Shanghai" was presented on 19 May 2022. If you missed it, I do hope you can find it somewhere. If only for the excellent performers, this is a film to watch.
"Daughter of Shanghai" shows traffickers at their murderous worst. There is, in fact, one scene copied from the worst days of cross-Atlantic slave-trading.
With the Biden-Harris administration's wide-open southern border, human trafficking is again a consideration, and is again a subject of concern -- at least for people outside the administration.
The trafficking of this movie is different: All the "illegal immigrants" are eager to be smuggled into these United States. They are not kidnapped and are not drug smugglers. They are, apparently, people who expect to find jobs in order to better themselves and their families.
Unfortunately for them, the people in charge of the operation essentially sell them, making another profit from the people and businesses who buy the immigrants, and paying their new workers just room and board.
There is a lot of drama and horror, and a daughter of a man murdered because he refused to accept the immigrants sets out to find her father's killer.
Anna May Wong is being featured on TCM this month and "Daughter of Shanghai" was presented on 19 May 2022. If you missed it, I do hope you can find it somewhere. If only for the excellent performers, this is a film to watch.