American Factory on Netflix puts Dayton back in the news
American Factory - a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the former GM plant in Moraine begins streaming on Netflix today.
American Factory on Netflix puts Dayton back in the news
In December 2008, the last truck rolled off the assembly line of the GM plant in Dayton, putting thousands of people out of work. Then in 2014, hopes soar when a Chinese company reopens the factory to make automotive glass. American Factory is a fascinating documentary about the factory’s reopening as Fuyao Glass America, and the cultural clash that threatens to shatter an American dream.
American Factory, from Yellow Springs veteran documentarians Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, won one of the top honors at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. This documentary is also the first film from Higher Ground, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, which has partnered with Netflix.
Read American Factory Reviews:
New York Times: "American Factory is political without being self-servingly didactic or strident"
A documentary looks at what happened when a Chinese company took over a closed General Motors factory in Ohio.
Read review: ‘American Factory’ Review: The New Global Haves and Have-Nots
VOX: "The fly-on-the-wall look at a former GM factory in Dayton bought by a Chinese company is a fascinating peek into the challenges of globalization."
Read review: American Factory, the first film in the Obamas’ Netflix slate, is one of the year’s best docs
Dayton Daily News: "A beautifully rendered one-hour 49-minute documentary"
Read review: ‘American Factory’ asks hard questions, finds beauty in answers
American Factory, which premiered at the Victoria Theatre on Monday night, begins streaming on Netflix on August 21. Watch the trailer below.
