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This documentary is about ship-breaking – a process by which huge cargo ships are reduced to strips of steel by hand. The film captures the voice of the worker as he explains what, how, why, and where he does his work. The basic themes are about social and human ingenuity versus the role of technology. The setting is dramatic twenty-story ships against an individual worker. Environmental and health risks are evident. The locations are in India and China. Ralph Vituccio is a professor at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University. He has developed, written, and produced numerous films, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, web sites, and multimedia projects for Carnegie Mellon as well as many corporate and commercial clients. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Pittsburgh Filmmakers where he teaches film and video production. His media work has received numerous communication and media awards and his interactive training CD-ROMs on racism and teaching conflict management skills have both won National Educational Media Awards and International Television and Video Awards. As an independent artist, Vituccio has received numerous grants in support of his work from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Mid-Atlantic Region Media Arts Fellowship Program and the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, he has been the recipient of three Media Fellowship Awards. Vituccio's documentary, "PERFORMANCE: The Living Art," won an Artist Distinction Award at the 1990 Berlin International Film Festival and has aired nationally on several PBS stations and internationally in several countries. $20 for Club Members $25 for Non-Members