Freightened
Subtitle: the real price of shipping
By: a Polar Star Films production in co-production with La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse, SWR/NDR, France Télévisions, Aljazeera Documentary Channel ; written and directed by Denis Delestrac ; produced by Carles Brugueras, Laurent Mini, Karim Samai, Marieke van den Bersselaar
Contributors: Hayes, Trevor, narrator; Levinson, Marc, interviewee; MacGillivray, Alex, interviewee; Cline, Elizabeth L., interviewee; George, Rose, 1969- interviewee; Marroi, Jordi Esgleas, director of photography; Bajalica, Dragomir, editor of moving image work; Garrigues, Jean de, editor of moving image work; Olaskoaga, Ibon, editor of moving image work; Briton, Ian, composer (expression); Boyd, Rod, composer (expression); Polar Star Films; Compagnie des taxi-brousse; Südwestrundfunk (Germany); Norddeutscher Rundfunk; France télévision; Al Jazeera Documentary Channel; Green Planet Films
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Freight and freightage; Cargo ships; Environmental aspects; Economic aspects; Globalization; Shipping
Description: Looks at the role played by cargo shipping in the global economy. Raises ethical questions pertaining to the shipping industry such as the exploitation of workers from developing countries, the poor conditions of the shipping fleets due to poor maintenance, and the environmental effects caused by the wreckage of vessels.
Notes: Widescreen.

Documentary.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2016.

Director of photography, Jordi Esgleas Marroi ; editor, Dragomir Bajalica, Jean de Garrigues, Ibon Olaskoaga ; music, Ian Briton, Rod Boyd.

Narrator, Trevor Hayes ; with Marc Levinson, Alex MacGillivray, Elisabeth [that is, Elizabeth] Cline, Rose George, Razvan Adrianita, Ketil Ottersen, Gunnar Stavrum, Deron Lovaas, Lee Adamson.

DVD-R; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.

In English with some French subtitled in English; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.