2019年8月30日
① Netflix’s new documentary “American Factory”, the maiden project of Barack and Michelle Obamas’ production company Higher Ground, has opened to rave reviews in Sundance festival and has a shot at the Oscars.
网飞的新纪录片《美国工厂》是奥巴马夫妇创立的高地影片制作公司出品的处女作,该片在圣丹斯国际电影节上映,赢得如潮好评,有望争夺奥斯卡奖项。
② “American Factory” is set in the industrial heartland of the US. Hard done by The Great Recession in 2008, General Motors shut down their truck plant in Ohio, putting around 2,000 employees out of work. Cut to 2015, the founder of Fuyao Glass, Cao Dewang, took over the plant and employed for his first operations in the US around 1,000 locals, who worked alongside the imported Chinese “trainers”.
《美国工厂》的故事发生在美国工业中心地带。受2008年经济大萧条冲击,通用汽车公司关闭了俄亥俄州的汽车厂,导致近2000名员工失业。时间跳转到2015年,福耀玻璃集团创始人曹德旺接手该厂,并为其在美国的初期运营雇佣了大约1000名当地员工与来自中国的“培训师”一同工作。