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Name of film: Shipbreakers
Topics: Environmental and occupational health; India
Brief Summary: Profiles the ship dismantling industry in Alang, India, where one worker dies per day from toxins and injuries. Considers the global political-economy that results in toxic waste in the form of retired ships being shifted from the developed to the developing world.
Date of Release: 2004
Length: 73 min
Where was it produced/filmed & in what language: Filmed in India; in English; some subtitled
Where to get it: National Film Board of Canada (www.nfb.ca)