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

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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