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SUMMARY:\"American Factory\" Screening
DESCRIPTION:\nThe \;Center for Global Workers'\; Rights in the Sc
hool of Labor and Employment Relations and the Sustainability Institute
will be hosting a free screening of the Oscar-winning film\, "\;Amer
ican Factory\,"\; on March 3 at 7 p.m. in HUB 132 Flex Theatre. The
event is free and open to the public. \;The film will be followed by
a Q&\;A with the film&rsquo\;s Oscar-winning directors Julia Reicher
t and Steven Bognar via video conference.\n\n"\;American Factory&quo
t\; (2019\, 115m) won the 2020 Academy Award for Best Documentary Featur
e. It follows the story of a shuttered General Motors factory in Ohio th
at is given a second chance when it is purchased and reopened by new Chi
nese owners. \;The story begins with a sometimes humorous cultural c
lash between transplanted Chinese workers and their American counterpart
s\, and evolves into a discomforting story of the ways in which global e
conomic competition threatens labor rights everywhere. It is the first f
ilm produced by Barack and Michelle Obama&rsquo\;s production company\,
Higher Ground Productions.\n\nThe film will be introduced by LER'\;s
own Dr. Mary Bellman and the Q &\; A moderated by Dr. Catherine Bowma
n. \;This is the latest installment of an ongoing film series called
\;Intersections: Landscapes of Labor\, which highlights overlaps be
tween struggles for labor rights\, environmental sustainability\, and ot
her social justice issues.\n\nFor more information\, please contact Dr.
Bowman (cgb5263@psu.edu) or Dr. Manuel \;Rosaldo (mxr1225@psu.edu).\
n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/american_factory_sc
reening/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Center
for Global Workers' Rights in the School of Labor and Employment Re
lations and the Sustainability Institute will be hosting a free screenin
g of the Oscar-winning film, "American Factory," on March 3 at
7 p.m. in HUB 132 Flex Theatre. The event is free and open to the publi
c. The film will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s Osc
ar-winning directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar via video conferen
ce.
"American Factory" (2019, 115m) won the 2020 Academy
Award for Best Documentary Feature. It follows the story of a shuttered
General Motors factory in Ohio that is given a second chance when it is
purchased and reopened by new Chinese owners. The story begins wit
h a sometimes humorous cultural clash between transplanted Chinese worke
rs and their American counterparts, and evolves into a discomforting sto
ry of the ways in which global economic competition threatens labor righ
ts everywhere. It is the first film produced by Barack and Michelle Obam
a’s production company, Higher Ground Productions.
The film
will be introduced by LER's own Dr. Mary Bellman and the Q & A m
oderated by Dr. Catherine Bowman. This is the latest installment of
an ongoing film series called Intersections: Landscapes of Labor, which highli
ghts overlaps between struggles for labor rights, environmental sustaina
bility, and other social justice issues.
For more information, ple
ase contact Dr. Bowman (
cgb5263@psu.edu) or Dr. Manuel Rosaldo (mxr1225@psu.edu).
For more details: <
a href='https://events.la.psu.edu/event/american_factory_screening/'>htt
ps://events.la.psu.edu/event/american_factory_screening/
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URL:https://intersections.psu.edu/american-factory/
LOCATION:Flex Theater, 132 HUB-Robeson Center
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