Shipbreakers

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It is a shocking portrait of the 'cemetery' of ships at Alang, in India. Following the everyday life of the workers and their bosses, Shipbreakers shows how they dismantle a ship of 30,000 tons in two months, working from dawn till dusk. The film also tells about the struggle for survival, geopolitics and environmental disasters on the Indian coasts.

Genre
Documentary
Country
Canada
Year
2004
Duration
72'
Ed Barreveld, Michael Kot, Peter Starr
Production Companies
Storyline Entertainment, National Film Board of Canada
Languages
English

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Poster

Food on Film project
Food on Film
Partners
Slow FoodAssociazione CinemambienteCezamEco&Zine International Film FestivalInnsbruck nature film festivalInterfilm BerlinmobilEvent
With the contribution
Fondazione CRC

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