American Factory

IMDb link: 9351980
IMDb rating: 7.4 (25,062 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Robert Allen, Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Cast: Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown and others

Release date: 21 Aug 2019
Release year: 2019
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: automotive industry, chinese investor, general motors, american economy, american industry, american worker, u.s. economy, u.s. industry, working class, blue collar

Plot:

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.

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