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American Factory (2019) is streaming on Netflix.
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In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
This documentary sidesteps traditional political lecturing to capture the friction of a globalized economy through the quiet interactions of factory floor workers. Watching the collision of Chinese manufacturing efficiency and American labor traditions provides a startlingly intimate look at the cost of progress.
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Directors
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Cast
Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows, John Gauthier, Rob Haerr, Cynthia Harper, Wong He, Jill Lamantia, Jeff Daochuan Liu, Shawnea Rosser
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7.2/10
RT Critics
95%
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Directors
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Cast
Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows, John Gauthier, Rob Haerr, Cynthia Harper, Wong He, Jill Lamantia, Jeff Daochuan Liu, Shawnea Rosser
1 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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