Skogafoss
The ropes loosed and the small crew worked deftly winching chains, pulling the soggy mooring cords back up on to the ship. Skogafoss, a 120-plus meter cargo ship from Iceland, slipped out into the bay. As the last of the ropes were secured in the forward deck, Boatswain turned and said, “This is our bread and butter.” We are all part of this global network – the contents of our stores, homes and closets show the results of the shipping industry. But we rarely glimpse the world of work that makes our globalized lives possible; the people on ships who move goods across oceans everyday: the work they do maintaining the ships, the idle hours biding time between shifts and ports spent half a world from homes and family, navigating the open ocean. This film is a glimpse into life onboard.
Skogafoss is the visually poetic story of the North Atlantic crossing of a cargo ship from Iceland. Independently produced by Katy Haas and filmed in 2013 with the cooperation of the international crew and Icelandic shipping company.
