The forgotten space
By: a film essay by Allan Sekula & Noel Burch
Contributors: Reemst, Frank van; Verheij, Joost; Lucassen, Vincent; Sinzinger, Ebba; Boerema, Menno; Doc.Eye Films; Wildart Film; Icarus Films
Publisher: Icarus Films
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY
Language: eng; dut; spa; kor; ind; chi
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Freight and freightage; Social aspects; Globalization; Business logistics
Description: The sea is forgotten until disaster strikes. But perhaps the biggest seagoing disaster is the global supply chain, which - maybe in a more fundamental way than financial speculation - leads the world economy to the abyss. This essayistic, political documentary follows container cargo aboard ships, barges, trains and trucks, listening to workers, engineers, planners, politicians, and those marginalized by the global transport system. We discover the most sophisticated expression of the belief that the maritime economy, and the sea itself, is somehow obsolete.
Notes: "Frank van Reemst & Joost Verheij, Doc.Eye Film presents ; in co-production with Vincent Lucassen & Ebba Sinzinger, WILDart Film."

Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.

Writer/director, Allan Sekula, Noel Burch ; editor, Menno Boerema ; narration written by Allan Sekula.

Narrator, Allan Sekula.

DVD-R.

In English, Dutch, Spanish, Korean, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese with English subtitles.