American Factory

Aug 21, 2019 | IMDB 7.2

110 min Watch Now

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.

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Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows, John Gauthier, Rob Haerr, Cynthia Harper, Wong He, Jill Lamantia, Jeff Daochuan Liu, Shawnea Rosser

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