American Factory
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.
- genus: Documentary
- Studio: Higher Ground, Participant, Field of Vision
- keyword: factory worker, culture clash, ohio, chinese, american, blue collar worker, manufacturing plant, labor rights
- cast: Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows, John Gauthier, Rob Haerr, Cynthia Harper
