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Polaris

Polaris

2012•15m
Documentary

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.

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Scottish Documentary Institute

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EN

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Released

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