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You have nothing to lose but your chains!”Netflix’s “American Factory” comes from Higher Ground, the production company of the former president and his wife Michelle Obama. The documentary American Factory, which is the first release from the Obamas' production company Higher Ground, earned an Oscars nod on Monday for documentary feature. 'American Factory,' documentary backed by Obamas' production company, wins Oscar Published Sun, Feb 9 2020 9:38 PM EST Updated Mon, Feb 10 2020 1:53 PM EST Sarah Whitten @sarahwhit10
AMERICAN FACTORY accepts the Oscar for Documentary (Feature) at Oscars 2020. American Factory triumphed over another Netflix documentary, The Edge of Democracy, as well as the Syrian-themed films For Sama and The Cave, … Get push notifications with news, features and more.
It tells the story of employees struggling to adjust to new leadership at the plant in Moraine, Ohio, after it was reopened by Shanghai-based firm Fuyao Glass in 2015. We've received your submission.“The Communist Manifesto” got a shoutout during the 2020 Oscars.Julia Reichert, the co-director of best documentary winner “American Factory,” which was produced by former President Barack Obama’s new film company, apparently quoted from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ infamous book during “Working people have it harder and harder these days — and we believe that things will get better when workers of the world unite,” Reichert said.The quote appeared to be a riff on the last lines of the 1848 political document, which are frequently translated from German as “Workers of the world, unite. With Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Robert Allen, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows. (Netflix via AP) The film is set in post-industrial Ohio, as a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned GM plant and hires 2,000 blue-collar Americans.
All Rights reserved. 'Mrs Obama said it resonated with her because her father had done an intense, hardworking job for decades just to provide for his family, and she felt the Midwesterness of the film in what she saw on screen,' Bognar said in a previous interview.Reichert said that Michelle, a Chicago native, 'felt her own family in the film'.
While American Factory never mentions Donald Trump by name, analysts say it offers a biting criticism of the president's failure to grasp complex global economic forces as he promises to reinvigorate manufacturing in America.
how long did it take YOU to give in to passion? It will battle it out for the Oscar against The Cave, Both Barack and Michelle tweeted their congratulations after American Factory's nomination was announced.