{"id":3752,"date":"2016-03-14T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbrainthefilm.com\/_POLARSTARFILMS2020\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2021-02-22T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T12:13:25","slug":"polar-star-films-premieres-a-new-documentary-that-reveals-the-real-cost-of-imported-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/polar-star-films-premieres-a-new-documentary-that-reveals-the-real-cost-of-imported-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Star Films premieres a new documentary that reveals the real cost of imported goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>FREIGHTENED \u2013 The Real Price of Shipping<\/em>\u00a0is the latest investigative documentary produced by Polar Star Films in coproduction with La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/img\/4news\/freightened_new.jpg\" \/>This time the team turns its gaze to the cargo shipping industry; an industry that silently keeps our world spinning yet we know nothing about.<\/p>\n<p>No less than 90% of the goods we consume in the West are manufactured in far-off lands and brought to us by ship. This fact makes cargo shipping a key player in world economy; the biggest companies have revenues comparable to Microsoft, and ships are a vital link in the supply chain for modern society. Yet the functioning and regulations of this business remain out of the spotlight while its hidden costs affect us all.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with these facts but increasingly aware that locally produced goods often cost more than imported ones, director Denis Delestrac begins the film asking:\u00a0<em>How can a jacket that has travelled 48,000 km, more than once round the globe, still cost so little?<\/em>\u00a0This very question prompted the beginning of worldwide research into the domain of sea shipping. Delestrac realized there were lots more questions to be answered, such as: What\u2019s the influence of shipping on the environment and marine life? Who pulls the strings in this multi-billion dollar business? How is the industry regulated and what\u2019s life like for modern seafarers?<\/p>\n<p>Taking us on a journey over seas and oceans,\u00a0<em>FREIGHTENED \u2013 The Real Price of Shipping<\/em>\u00a0is the result of an audacious, worldwide investigation that reveals the many faces of the freight shipping industry.<\/p>\n<p>The feature version of<em>\u00a0FREIGHTENED \u2013 The Real Price of Shipping<\/em>\u00a0will have its television premiere on Das Erste, Germany on 30th March. The World Festival Premiere is at San Francisco Green Film Fest in April. A short version of the film was shown on France 5 television and RTS, Switzerland, in February to a record audience. More confirmed screenings coming soon. Watch this space!<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming screenings:<br \/>\nDas Erste, Germany: 22:45h 30th March 2016<br \/>\nSan Francisco Green Film Fest: 14th- 20th April 2016<br \/>\nAljazeera Documentary Channel: date tbc<br \/>\nTVC, Catalonia, Spain: date tbc<br \/>\nNRK, Norway: date tbc<br \/>\nSRF, Switzerland: date tbc<br \/>\nSVT, Sweden: date tbc<br \/>\nKnowledge, Canada: date tbc<br \/>\nRAI, Italy: date tbc<\/p>\n<p><em>FREIGHTENED \u2013 The Real Price of Shipping<\/em>\u00a0is Polar Star Films and La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse production, in co-production with SWR\/NDR, France 5, AlJazeera Documentary Channel, in collaboration with TVC, SRF, SVT, RTS, NRK, Knowledge, T\u00e9l\u00e9Qu\u00e9bec, and is supported by MEDIA Development, MEDIA TV Programming, ICEC and CNC funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREIGHTENED \u2013 The Real Price of Shipping\u00a0is the latest investigative documentary produced by Polar Star Films in coproduction with La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":3672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3753,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3752\/revisions\/3753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}