Salty Dog Blues

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Documentary

Overview

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a median age of 82, are beset with a host of life-threatening illnesses, the movie tells how they navigated issues of racism, disparities in the workplace, gender and familial relations.

Keywords

1970s
1960s
racism
1940s
1950s
1930s
navy
inequality

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 2012
Original language: English
Spoken languages: spanish, english
Countries: United States of America
Production: Third World Newsreel
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site