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American Factory

American Factory

7,2 /10 (515 Votes)
2019 EN 110 min

Overview

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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Release date

21/08/2019

Votes

515

Popularity

1.3

Cultures collide. Hope survives.

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

110 min

Website

www.netflix.com

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rsanek

2020-09-19

⭐ 8

You always read about "cultural differences" as being something that must be overcome when dealing with international projects, but that language always felt so abstract to me; if anything, it seemed like more of an excuse as to why things might be delayed rather than a real problem. This doc did a great job of telling the story of what that concept really means in practice. _American Factory_ shows you how much friction is created due to the incongruity in cultural ideas about work ethic, personal freedoms, power, and process. I think that was the highlight of the story for me. For me as a…

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