The Seafarers (1953)

Run Time: 0h29m | Release: 15 Oct 1953

Production Countries: United States of America

4.542 / 1084 Vote Count

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.