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AMERICAN FACTORY

By Steven BOGNAR, Julia REICHERT

PARTICIPANT - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2019


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Sundance Film Festival 2019
U.S. Documentary Competition
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    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 115 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Steven BOGNAR, Julia REICHERT
    • Synopsis
    • In 2014, a Chinese billionaire opened a Fuyao factory in a shuttered General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. For thousands of locals, the arrival of this multinational car-glass manufacturer meant regaining their jobs—and dignity—after the recession left them high and dry. American Factory takes us inside the facility to observe what happens when workers from profoundly different cultures collide.

      At first, the culture clash is humorous. Transplanted Chinese workers attend trainings on dealing with their peculiarly casual and “chatty” American counterparts. But tensions mount. Slack safety standards and meager wages ignite serious doubts among the American rank and file. Low productivity and talk of unionization trigger a cascade of controls from Chinese management. Meanwhile, something ominous—the specter of job loss from automation—looms.
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