American Factory

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Original title: American Factory
Year: 2019
Running time: 110 min.
Country: United States
Director: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Music: Chad Cannon
Cinematography: Steven Bognar, Aubrey Keith, Jeff Reichert, Julia Reichert, Erick Stoll
Cast: Documentary
Producer: Participant Media. Distributor: Netflix
Genre: Documentary | Job/Employment. Poverty. Social Drama
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. 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.

Awards: 2019: Academy Awards: Oscar for Best Documentary

2019: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2019: Sundance Film Festival: Directing Award - Documentary

2019: National Board of Review (NBR): Top Documentaries

2019: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Documentary

2019: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Documentary

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2019: Gotham Awards: Best Documentary

2019: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Documentary

2019: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director / Documentary

2019: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2019: San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Documentary

Critics' reviews

"An impressive ground-breaking exercise, heightening interest -- perhaps especially beyond the documentary genre -- in what's to come."

Brian Lowry: CNN
"A complicated, multifaceted story that deals with very different cultures in combination and collision, a story that both understands global economic issues and has the sensitivity to involve us intimately in the daily lives of the people involved."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"The filmmakers made the most of their freedom in a documentary that begins in sorrow with the G.M. closure and quickly turns buoyant with the arrival of Fuyao (...) Elegantly shot and edited"

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"'American Factory' is anything but a dry documentary, and will likely be a prime contender in awards season"

Peter Debruge: Variety
"The film is too earnest and well-intentioned to fall prey to racism, but there's a vein of xenophobia baked into its premise that lingers and leaves more of a bad taste than it should."

Daniel Fienberg: The Hollywood Reporter
"Why can't American and Chinese industries get along? This fascinating documentary about a Chinese billionaire opening a glass factory in Ohio has the answers."

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
"It’s a deceptively lighthearted look at one of the most significant cultural and economic conflicts of our times (...) Skillfully constructed"

Anthony Kaufman: Screendaily

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