Write-Up on American Factory Film

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Write-Up on American Factory Film
The film American Factory makes for an informative documentary that invites the audience to the intricate details of the integration of capitalism and cultural differences in today’s American society. As it was founded on the economic principles of capitalism and democratic political ideologies of freedom and equality, American society struggles to embrace or tolerate different economic and political beliefs of individuals from other countries. It is this cultural clash that American Factory captures in a simple and yet realistic delivery of the challenges faced by the Chinese company Fuyao as it established an auto-glass-making company in Dayton, Ohio.
Key Takeaways
Among the key takeaways from the film is the culture clash between the Chinese workers who came to train the newly employed American workers on the intricacies of glass manufacturing and the latter’s western cultural orientation. Though the Chinese workers were introduced to the notion of American freedom, where individuals are free to exercise their wide range of rights and liberties, they still held on to their cultural tendencies of commitment and submission to authority CITATION Bog19 \l 1033 (Bognar). Such is not the case for their American counterparts, which are not afraid to question authority and protest any infringement of their rights as expressed in their quest to unionize against the Chinese management’s wishes.
Another key takeaway is the pushback witnessed against the company’s management’s efforts to establish total control over workers in demanding unquestionable loyalty and commitment to increasing productivity amidst the tough working conditions CITATION Bog19 \l 1033 (Bognar). Th...