Salty Dog Blues

(2012)

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2012

Runtime: 52 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Alfred Santana, Denise Belén Santiago

Cast: Мелвин Ван Пиблз, Felipe Luciano

Plot

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.