American Factory
“Cultures collide. Hope survives.”
Documentary
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.
VIBE
Witness the stark realities of global capitalism as cultural divides and economic pressures collide on the factory floor. It's a sobering, observational look at the human cost of progress, leaving you with much to ponder.
observationalsoberingtensefrustratingthought-provokingsteadyverité documentarysocial realismlabor rightsglobalizationculture clashcapitalismworker exploitation
factory workerculture clashohiochineseamericanblue collar workermanufacturing plantlabor rights
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