Acutting-edgedocumentaryaboutShanghai's'underclass';agroupofmillionsmadeupofbothimpoverishedlocalresidentsandmigrantworkers,whoareallpayingtheultimatepriceforthecity'songoingdevelopmentprogrammeinthelead-uptothe2010WorldExpo.Inanattempttogetthestoriesofthoseworstaffected,thefilmjourneysintothecity'spoverty-strickenbackstreets,uncoveringawayoflifethatcouldverysoonbegonefromthecityforever.Amongthemanyconflictsexplored,weseeabackstreetneighbourhoodravagedbyanincompleteconstructionproject;migrantworkersforcedintothecity's'hidden'economy;andformerstateemployeesleftjobless,andwithlimitedfutureprospects.ThisisaShanghairarelyseenintheWest.ThisisaShanghaifrombelowthehighrise.