American Factory

Cultures collide. Hope survives.

OverView :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.

Junming 'Jimmy' Wang

Sherrod Brown

Dave Burrows

John Gauthier

Rob Haerr