The Seafarers

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Released: Oct 15, 1953

Runtime: 0h 29m

Rating: ⭐ 4.5 / 10

Documentary

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.