Shipbreakers
Directed by
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
Partners
In collaboration with
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Creative Europe Media Program. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.