1953
4.5 (93 votes)
0h 29m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf Coast District, American Federation of Labor
Lester Cooper Productions
Pietrzak Filmways
Lester Cooper Productions
Pietrzak Filmways
The Seafarers
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Lester Cooper
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writer: Will Chasan
Director of Photography: Stanley Kubrick
Top Cast
Don Hollenbeck
Narrator
Paul Hall
Secretary Treasurer, SIU Atlantic & Gulf Coast District
