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American Factory

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Directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Produced by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Julie Parker Benello, and Jeff Reichert
With: Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Robert Allen, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows, Austin Cole, John Crane, John Gauthier, Rob Haerr, Cynthia Harper, Wong He, Timi Jernigan, Jill Lamantia, Jeff Daochuan Liu, Shawnea Rosser, and Rebecca Ruan-O'Shaughnessy
Cinematography: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, Aubrey Keith, and Erick Stoll
Editing: Lindsay Utz
Music: Chad Cannon
Runtime: 110 min
Release Date: 21 August 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Respectful yet sharply pointed fly-on-the-wall exploration of the economic and social experiment that occurs when an Asian billionaire opens a new factory in post-industrial Ohio, and the culture clash between deferential Chinees and working-class Americas.