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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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Cultures collide. Hope survives.
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The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program.
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Himself - Fuyao Safety Director:
Everybody at every level will say that we really, really want to be safe. But safety doesn't pay the bills.
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Don't let the trolls fool you...this is NOT a Roger & Me-style documentary hit piece, its a surprisingly fair look at the complex nature of how the manufacturing industry works in the 21st Century, here in America and in China, and how both cultures are experiencing upheaval in the interest of progress.