Salty Dog Blues

• Movie
• 2012
• 52m
• 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.

Director

Alfred Santana

Starring

Melvin Van Peebles, Felipe Luciano