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American Factory (2019)
Directed by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
“Cultures collide. Hope survives.”
Documentary · 1h 50m
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.
Cast
J
Junming 'Jimmy' Wang
Self - Vice President, Fuyao
Sherrod Brown
Self - U.S. Senator, Ohio
D
Dave Burrows
Self - Vice President, Fuyao Glass America
J
John Gauthier
Self - President, Fuyao Glass America
R
Rob Haerr
Self - Furnace Supervisor
C
Cynthia Harper
Self - Lamination Specialist
W
Wong He
Self - Furance Engineer
J
Jill Lamantia
Self - Forklift Operator
J
Jeff Daochuan Liu
Self - President, Fuyao Glass America
S
Shawnea Rosser
Self - Glass Inspector
R
Rebecca Ruan-O'Shaughnessy
Self - Fuyao Attorney
Crew
- Director
- Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
- Director of Photography
- Steven Bognar, Aubrey Keith, Jeff Reichert, Julia Reichert, Erick Stoll
- Original Music Composer
- Chad Cannon
- Editor
- Lindsay Utz
- Producer
- Steven Bognar, Julie Parker Benello, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert
Details
- Release date
- 2019-08-21
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Higher Ground, Participant, Field of Vision