American Factory (2019)
- Directed by
- Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 516 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows a Chinese company as it reopens a former General Motors factory in Ohio. It shows the clash between American and Chinese work cultures and the challenges of cross-border business.
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What happens
American Factory (Chinese: 美国工厂) is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, about Chinese company Fuyao's factory in Moraine, a city near Dayton, Ohio, that occupies Moraine Assembly, a shuttered General Motors plant. The film had its festival premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It is distributed by Netflix, and is the first film acquired by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground Productions. At the 92nd Academy Awards, American Factory won the award for Best Documentary Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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