# The Shipment — A Father's Last Cargo

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Podcast: [Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/exploring-humanity-through-sci-fi-390598)
Published: 2026-06-18T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://scifitalk.podbean.com/e/the-shipman-%e2%80%94-a-fathers-last-cargo/
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## Resource

In this Tribeca Memories installment, we revisit a standout sci‑fi short that left a lasting impression on festival audiences: The Shipment. Set in a gritty future where survival often comes at the cost of morality, the film follows a former slave trader who has abandoned that life to become a cargo hauler, ferrying goods between distant planets. But when one job becomes his only chance to secure a future for himself and his daughter, he’s forced to confront a devastating price — one that threatens to pull him back into the darkness he thought he’d escaped.

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