Obamas' first film charts life in US factory under China bosses

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Los Angeles (AFP) - "They refer to us as the foreigners," says a downbeat employee at the Ohio car glass factory where hundreds of Chinese laborers have come to work, far from their wives, children and homeland. The film charts a Midwestern rust belt community's journey from optimism at

1 / 2L-R: Julia Reichert, Lindsay Utz, Steven Bognar and Chad Cannon pose at a special screening of "American Factory" in Hollywood, CaliforniaL-R: Julia Reichert, Lindsay Utz, Steven Bognar and Chad Cannon pose at a special screening of"American Factory" in Hollywood, California Los Angeles -"They refer to us as the foreigners," says a downbeat employee at the Ohio car glass factory where hundreds of Chinese laborers have come to work, far from their wives,...

The all-access look at how both American and Chinese workers, from blue-collar to management, had their lives transformed by powerful global economic forces caught the eyes of none other than Barack and Michelle Obama. The filmmakers set out to understand what that rivalry looks like on a human level, and were granted extraordinary access by Fuyao founder and chairman Cao Dewang, who was as interested in bridging the cultural divide and showcasing Chinese capitalism as making a profit.

But as the new Chinese owners become alarmed by heavy financial losses, they fire the American middle managers and increasingly invoke their Chinese replacements' sense of nationalistic pride to spur harder work, leaving the workforce ever-more divided. Like Fuyao, many are housed in the same buildings formerly shut down by American bosses who shipped jobs overseas to Mexico and elsewhere.

 

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