American Factory

American Factory is an upcoming documentary film. It was directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. The film tells the story of Chinese company Fuyao’s factory in Dayton, Ohio occupying the space of a shuttered General Motors plant. It had its festival premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It will be distributed by Netflix.

Reception
After the film’s screening at Sundance, the film garnered positive reviews with a 83% “fresh” rating at review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Eric Kohn at IndieWire wrote that it's ”A fascinating tragicomedy about the incompatibility of American and Chinese industries.”

Accolades
In April 2019, the film won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the RiverRun International Film Festival.