Should you watch The Seafarers?
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The Seafarers
Documentary · 1953
Stanley Kubrick’s first color film, commissioned by the Seafarers International Union to promote the benefits of union membership. Shot inside the union’s Atlantic and Gulf Coast District facilities, it features scenes of ships, machinery, cafeteria life, and meetings, highlighting the daily routines and camaraderie of seafarers. Thought lost for decades, the film was rediscovered in 1973 and preserved by the Library of Congress.
The sides of The Seafarers
- Stanley Kubrick's first color film
- A sailors' union hall and cafeteria
- Ships, machinery and meetings
The Seafarers is good for you if…
- you like a look at sailors' lives in the early fifties.
- you are curious about Kubrick's first color film, made for a sailors' union.
The Seafarers is bad for you if…
- you want people to get to know. The film shows sailors at meals and meetings but follows nobody.
- you want drama, and this is a half-hour tour of union halls.
About: work · solidarity · the sea
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