Salty Dog Blues (2012)

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.

Release Date : Jan 01, 2012

Runtime : 52m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Third World Newsreel

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : navy, 1970s, racism, inequality, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1930s