Allan Sekula and Noel Burch: the forgotten space

2012, 113 min

A visual documentary, the forgotten space is based on Allan Sekula’s piece fish story (1989 – 1995). The film documents the lives of workers aboard giant cargo ships and examines the personal stories within this global supply chain. the documentary takes the viewers to the harbors of Los Angeles, Bilbao, Rotterdam, and Hong Kong. The global shipping trade is responsible for the exchange of 90% of the world’s goods, but since it occurs at sea and is thus invisible to most of us, it constitutes a “forgotten space”.