American Factory | |
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1 Nomination / 1 Win | |
Year | 2019 |
Director | Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert |
Starring | Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Robert Allen, Sherrod Brown |
92nd Academy Awards |
Jojo Rabbit 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 produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground Productions.
Wins
- Best Documentary Feature — Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert
Nominations
- Best Documentary Feature — Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert
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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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