

American Factory
2019-08-21 · 110 min · ★ 7.2
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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- Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
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- Higher Ground, Participant, Field of Vision
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- United States of America
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- Released
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