Salty Dog Blues (movie)

Salty Dog Blues (movie)

  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Alfred Santana , Denise Belén Santiago
  • Production companies: Third World Newsreel
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 1/1/2012
  • Run time: 52 min.

Movie description

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.

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Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Role(s): Self (Interviewee)

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Felipe Luciano

Felipe Luciano

Role(s): Narrator

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