directed by: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, year: 2019
actors: Cao Dewang, Fuyao Glass America workers, Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

American Factory chronicles the clash of two corporate cultures when Chinese automotive-glass maker Fuyao opens a factory in a shuttered General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio. The film follows a diverse mix of American workers and Chinese managers as they negotiate wages, safety, and job security while navigating language barriers and different work philosophies. Through intimate interviews and observational cinema, the documentary probes globalization’s impact on communities, labor, and identity in contemporary industrial America.

Social Mobility, Documentary, Non Fiction, Economic Globalization, Labor Relations, Cross Cultural, Manufacturing