American Factory
First screened in November 2019
Directors: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. Documentary about a shuttered General Motors plant in Ohio reopened by a Chinese company that struggles to find common ground with its new American work force. Twitter Capsule:
Sharply observant, vividly edited doc, demonstrably pro-union while treating every topic and conflict complexly.
VOR:⑤
The story here is virtually missing from American media. The filmmaking itself—what it shows, how it apportions time—is also rare and valuable.
