Salty Dog Blues (2012)

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: 2012-01-01
• Runtime: 0h 52min
• Production Company: Third World Newsreel
• Production Country: United States of America
• Directors: Alfred Santana, Denise Belén Santiago.