Young James has been sent by his African village on a pilgrimage to Holy Jerusalem, but Israel is no longer the Holy Land they imagined - he is jailed as an illegal immigrant. In answer to his prayer, a mysterious stranger posts bail for him. His freedom has a price - his savior is a manpower agent who rescues illegal migrant workers only to enslave them in hard labor jobs. "James' journey to Jerusalem" turns into a discovery of the cruel heart of the economic system.