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Scrap vessel /

Using found snapshots, diary entries and 16mm Chinese melodramas, filmmaker Jason Byrne resurrects the ghosts of a decommissioned cargo ship - once used to carry coal along the Yangtze - as it crosses the Indian Ocean to be salvaged for scrap.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Byrne, Jason (Documentary film producer and director) (Director, Producer), Plante, Mike (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, 2009.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Ships > Scrapping > Bangladesh.
Cargo ships.
Navires > Mise à la ferraille > Bangladesh.
Cargos.
Cargo ships
Ships > Scrapping
Bangladesh
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Using found snapshots, diary entries and 16mm Chinese melodramas, filmmaker Jason Byrne resurrects the ghosts of a decommissioned cargo ship - once used to carry coal along the Yangtze - as it crosses the Indian Ocean to be salvaged for scrap.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed February 16, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (52 minutes)
Playing Time:00:51:08
Production Credits:Camera, Jason Byrne, Theron Patterson ; editing, Stephanie Kern, Jason Byrne ; music, Albert Ortega.