Polaris
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Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not find locals to work on their fishing vessels. That was until Filipino fishermen started coming to town for work. Both nationalities strive to shorten the distance between two very different worlds.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2012-06-27
Runtime: 15 mins
Director: Chico Pereira
Spoken language:
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Polaris
Production Companies: Scottish Documentary Institute
Production Countries: United Kingdom
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