American Factory

American Factory
American Factory
Traditional Chinese	美國工廠
Simplified Chinese	美国工厂
Hanyu Pinyin	Měiguó Gōngchǎng
Directed by	Steven Bognar; Julia Reichert;
Produced by	Jeff Reichert; Julie Parker Benello;
Cinematography	Steven Bognar; Aubrey Keith; Jeff Reichert; Julia Reichert; Erick Stoll;
Edited by	Lindsay Utz
Music by	Chad Cannon
Production; companies	Higher Ground Productions; Participant Media;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	January 25, 2019 (Sundance); August 21, 2019 (United States);
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; Mandarin;

American Factory (Chinese: 美国工厂) is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, about Chinese company Fuyao's factory in Moraine, a city near Dayton, Ohio, that occupies Moraine Assembly, a shuttered General Motors plant. The film had its festival premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It is distributed by Netflix and is the first film acquired by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground Productions.^[1]^[2]^[3] It won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[4]

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