Salty Dog Blues

Salty Dog Blues (2012)

N/A 52 min Movie
Documentary

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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Cast

Melvin Van Peebles Melvin Van Peebles Self (Interviewee)
Felipe Luciano Felipe Luciano Narrator

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