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The Seafarers
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The Seafarers

Oct 15, 1953
0h 29m
★ 4.5

Overview

Members of the American Federation of Labor, the Atlantic & Gulf Coast District of the Seafarers International Union commissioned budding filmmaker and magazine photographer Stanley Kubrick to direct this half-hour documentary. The director's first film in color, it is more of an industrial film than a documentary, it served as a promotional tool to recruit sailors to the union.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf Coast District, American Federation of Labor
Lester Cooper Productions
Pietrzak Filmways

Cast

Don Hollenbeck

Narrator

Don Hollenbeck

Paul Hall

Secretary Treasurer, SIU Atlantic & Gulf Coast District

Paul Hall

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