Shanghaiing Days (2007)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 52M
Director : Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson
Writer : Margrét Jónasdóttir
Synopsis
The logbook of a few Icelandic trawler-men in 1947-1970. It was dangerous to go on a drinking spree in those days — the Icelandic trawlers were short of crew, so skippers went back to the old way of manning their ships. Man-hunting, or 'Shanghaiing' was the name of the game.