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The Seafarers

The Seafarers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 15, 1953

Runtime

0h 29m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

45%

Original Title

The Seafarers

Production Companies

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

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Description

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.