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.
Title | The Seafarers |
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Year | 1953 |
Genre | Documentary |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf Coast District, American Federation of Labor, Lester Cooper Productions, Pietrzak Filmways |
Cast | Don Hollenbeck, Paul Hall |
Crew | Lester Cooper (Producer), Alexander Pietrzak (Executive Producer), Stanley Kubrick (Director), Stanley Kubrick (Director of Photography), Will Chasan (Writer), Stanley Kubrick (Sound) |
Keyword | sea, ship, ocean, boat, union, seafarer, short film, documentary short |
Release | Oct 15, 1953 |
Runtime | 29 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 4.53 / 10 by 91 users |