Shipbreakers

Shipbreakers (2004)

Released Documentary · 73 min

 

Shipbreakers (2004)

Released Documentary · 73 min

 

A Ship a Day, A Death a Day

As visually mesmerizing as it is compelling, Shipbreakers takes the viewer into the heart of Alang, India, a vibrant shantytown where 40,000 people live and work in the most primitive conditions. Since the early '80s the rusting hulks of thousands of the world's largest ships have been driven onto the remote beaches of Alang, off the Arabian Sea, to be dismantled, piece by piece. Selling their ships for scrap, the... see more

A Ship a Day, A Death a Day

As visually mesmerizing as it is compelling, Shipbreakers takes the viewer into the heart of Alang, India, a vibrant shantytown where 40,000 people live and work in the most primitive conditions. Since the early '80s the rusting hulks of thousands of the world's largest ships have been driven onto the remote beaches of Alang, off the Arabian Sea, to be dismantled, piece by piece. Selling their ships for scrap, the... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Sep 1, 2004
COUNTRY
US, CA
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
BUDGET
$550,000
REVENUE
N/A
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