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Die Intendantinnen des Theaters Neumarkt blicken auf sechs Zürcher Jahre zurück. Und: Merchandise-Artikel spielen nicht nur in der Musik, sondern auch in der Literatur eine immer wichtigere Rolle. Das Zürcher Theater Neumarkt ist das experimentelle Haus zwischen der Institution Schauspielhaus und der freien Szene. Im Sommer endet hier die sechsjährige Intendanz der Kodirektorinnen Hayat Erdoğan, Tine Milz und Julia Reichert. Im Gespräch mit Andreas Klaeui blicken sie zurück auf prägende Theatererlebnisse, das Ankommen in der Stadt und die Möglichkeit von Moral auf der Bühne: Geschichten erzählen mit Ernst, aber ohne den Humorstecker zu ziehen. In der Musik sind Fan-Produkte wie Band-Shirts längst etabliert. Aber auch in der Literatur wird sogenanntes Merchandise immer beliebter: Verlage verkaufen Käppis und Badeschlappen. Mit der Buchveröffentlichung erscheinen Pullis, Socken und Sticker in den Farben des Romans und mit Zitaten bedruckt. Taschen und T-Shirts preisen mit passenden Slogans das Lesen an. Warum wird Merchandise in der Literatur immer wichtiger? Wer trägt diesen Lese-Merch und was erzählen diese Produkte über das Image von Literatur? Tim Felchlin hat in der Literaturbranche und bei Lesefans nachgefragt.
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Academy Award Winner Steve Bognar joins us in conversation today as we take a walk down memory lane. CIFF audiences first met Steve in 1996 with his film PERSONAL BELONGINGS, and met his partner - the legendary Julia Reichert, who sadly passed away in December 2023 - in 2006 with their wildly loved documentary A LION IN THE HOUSE. Over the years, the duo brought their compelling films to CIFF screens, including AMERICAN FACTORY, for which they won an Oscar. Listen in as we discuss our very special program, CELEBRATING JULIA REICHERT: HER LIFE AND LEGACY, as well as the return of 9TO5: STORY OF A MOVEMENT as part of the Festival's newest program, CIFF Retro. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate
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In der heutigen Folge spreche ich mit ONUAVA Co-Gründerin, CEO und Gründungspreisträgerin Dr. Julia Reichert! Wusstest Du, dass mittlerweile jede:r 6. Mitarbeitende unfruchtbar ist? Negative Tests, Hormonbehandlungen oder Fehlgeburten hinterlassen tiefe seelische Spuren, die natürlich nicht zuhause abgelegt, sondern mit an den Arbeitsplatz gebracht werden.
In dieser SAATKORN Podcastepisode ist ONUAVA Co-Founderin und CEO Dr. Julia Reichert zu Gast.
"You guys could do whatever you want after your presidency. Why did you decide to do this?" – Julia Reichert to Barack and Michelle Obama. What does the US Democratic Party share in common with observational documentary? The promise and the problem of transparency. This episode explores the sixty-year long relationship between Direct Cinema and Democratic Party politics, from Robert Drew's pioneering 1960 portrait of the Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary contest between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, Primary, to Michelle and Barack Obama's Higher Ground Productions and the Oscar winning documentary, American Factory. Featuring: Josiah McElheny, Joshua Glick, Julia Reichert, David Roediger, and Julia Lesage.
Onuava - Dr. Julia Reichert. Sie ist nicht nur eine erfahrene BWLerin in der Unternehmensberatung, sondern auch Gründerin des Unternehmens „Onuava“, das sich auf die Unterstützung von Menschen mit unerfülltem Kinderwunsch spezialisiert hat. Thema dieser Episode: Kinderwunschbehandlung, Betreuungsmöglichkeiten am Arbeitsplatz und den Umgang von Unternehmen mit dieser sensiblen Situation. Wir erleben, welche Herausforderungen Menschen mit unerfülltem Kinderwunsch am Arbeitsplatz erleben und welche Rolle Führungskräfte dabei spielen. Außerdem wird Dr. Reichert uns Einblicke in die Arbeit von „Onuava“ geben. Darüber, wie sie fundierte Informationen und Beratung bereitstellen, und wie wir als Unternehmen/Gesellschaft besser mit diesem oft tabuisierten Thema umgehen können. Tauchen Sie mit uns ein in die Welt des Kinderwunsches und der Unterstützung am Arbeitsplatz.Kontakt zu Dr. Julia Reichert(C) Trauer-Manager.de 23/08---- "Das Schwere LEICHT gesagt"Der Podcast für Unternehmer, HR-Veranwortliche, Betriebsräte zum Thema "Trauer".Trauer-Manager ist ein Unternehmensbereich des Ingenieurbüros Heinke WedlerIdee und Moderation: Stefan Hund ----Bleibe mit uns in Kontakt: Kostenfrei: Know-How-TransferSei vorbereitet, bevor Deine Mitarbeiterin eine Fehlgeburt hat: www.trauer-manager.de/webinar-fehlgeburtDer Trauermanager ist das ultimative Produkt aus der Arbeitssicherheit und BGM für Unternehmer und Führungskräfteals Do it yourself: www.trauer-manager.de/workbookals Do it for you: www.trauermanager.de und gegen einen Aufpreis. Do it with you ...Damit im schweren Krankheits- oder gar Todesfall Deine Mitarbeiter abgesichert sind, haben wir hier eine exklusive Zusammenarbeit mit der Gothaer Versicherung. ----Kontakt und ImpressumDu möchtest uns schreiben: Zur HomepageDie Hintergrundmusik im Podcast "One last time" Dan Phillipson (gekauft bei Premiumbeat)Impressum Mentioned in this episode:Gewinnspiel mit Andrea BallschuhVom 13.9.-13.10.23 stellt uns die bekannte Fernsehmoderatorin und Freundin der Familie 2x2 Plätze für ihr neues zweitägiges Seminar zur Verfügung. DankeVielen dank, dass Du auch heute wieder bei „Das Schwere Leicht gesagt“ dabei warst. Abonniere und Teile gerne diese Podcastepisode. Abonniere unseren KHT, damit Du und Dein Unternehmen wissen, was sie bei der Trauer eines Kollegen tun können. Alle Links in den Shownotes. Wir freuen uns, wenn Du in der nächsten Folge wieder dabei bis. - Herzliche Grüße Stefan Hund
Remembering the lives of loved ones lost to addiction: https://www.richlandsource.com/2023/08/31/jericho-wall-dedication-remembering-the-lives-of-loved-ones-lost-to-addiction/ Today - we will shed light on the lives of those lost to addiction and celebrate the dedication of The Jericho Wall of Remembrance and Recovery. Support the show: https://www.sourcemembers.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Franklin Martinez es el CEO DE Torontana Corp @torontanacanada empresa ubicada en Norwich, Ontario, Canada que produce y comercializa productos orgánicos para el mundo. En nuestra sección SOCIAL FILMS ofreceremos el trailer de nuestra sugerencia de esta semana con el Documental American Factory (2019) Ganadora del Oscar al Mejor Documental en 2020, esta película de Steven Bognar y Julia Reichert (y que se cuenta entre las mejores películas originales de @netflix ) nos lleva al año 2014, cuando un multimillonario chino reabrió una antigua fábrica en la ciudad estadounidense de Dayton. El choque cultural entre los trabajadores locales y los jefes asiáticos acaba convirtiéndose en algo más importante y revelador, y muestran de forma brillante hacia dónde se encamina la economía y el tejido productivo globalizado. Y en nuestra sección BUENAS ACCIONES tendremos a La FUNDACIÓN SOÑAR @sonarcucuta , organización que brinda apoyo integral a los niños, niñas y adolescentes que se encuentran en el proceso de diagnóstico y tratamiento del cáncer. Ubicada en Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia.
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Brent E. Huffman is an award-winning director, producer, writer, and cinematographer of documentaries and television programs. His work ranges from documentaries aired on Netflix, VICE, The Discovery Channel, The National Geographic Channel, NBC, CNN, PBS, MTV, and Al Jazeera, to Sundance Film Festival premieres, to ethnographic films made for the China Exploration and Research Society. He has also directed, produced, shot, and edited documentaries for online outlets like The New York Times, TIME, VICE NEWS, Salon, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, and PBS Arts. Huffman has been making social issue documentaries and environmental films for over two decades in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. These films have gone on to win numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy, Chinese Academy Award, Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival, IAFOR Documentary Film Award, MacArthur Foundation Grant, Best Film at CinemAmbiente International Environmental Film Festival, Grand Prize and Audience Award at Arkhaios Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Festival, Best Conservation Film-Jackson Hole, ten Cine Golden Eagle Awards, and a Grand Jury Award at the American Film Institute's SILVERDOCS. Huffman was also an editor of Julia Reichert's and Steven Bognar's Primetime Emmy winning PBS documentary series "A Lion in the House” now on Netflix. Huffman's documentary "Saving Mes Aynak,” about the fight to save a 5,000-year-old ancient city in Afghanistan threatened by a Chinese copper mine, has won over 30 major awards and has been broadcast on television in over seventy countries. It can currently be seen on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, OVID, and on special edition DVD from Icarus Films. Huffman is currently directing “Strands of Resistance”, about minority groups fighting Chinese expansion in Pakistan for VICE NEWS TONIGHT, and "Saving the Cultural Heritage of Yemen". Huffman recently finished producing “Finding Yingying”, an Emmy-nominated Kartemquin Film about a Chinese family searching for their missing daughter in the U.S. "Finding Yingying" won the Breakthrough Voice Award at SXSW and the Chinese Academy Award for Best Foreign Documentary in 2020. "Finding Yingying" is being distributed by CBS/Paramount+/MTV Films in the US.
In der Podcast-Folge #68 von Klartext HR spreche ich mit Dr. Julia Reichert, Gründerin der Plattform Onuava, zum Thema „Fertiliy Benefits - der Kinderwunsch im Employer Branding“. Während in den USA und Großbritannien bereits eine Vielzahl von Arbeitgebern sogenannte Fertility Benefits anbieten, ist das Thema in Deutschland noch weitgehend unbekannt bzw. tabuisiert. Mit Dr. Julia Reichert diskutiere ich unter anderem - was genau Fertility Benefits sind - welche Rolle sie in Punkto Diversität, Familienfreundlichkeit und Employer Branding spielen können - wie der Fachkräftemangel das Thema auch in Deutschland populär machen könnte Dr. Julia Reichert ist Gründerin und Geschäftsführerin des Heidelberger Fertility Benefits Start-ups Onuava. Onuava arbeitet mit modernen Unternehmen zusammen, die ihre Mitarbeitenden durch Fertility und Family-Building Benefits auf dem Weg zum Wunschkind unterstützen möchten. Onuava bietet eine Informations- und Beratungsplattform rund um das Thema Kinderwunsch, übernimmt aber auch die administrative Abwicklung, wenn Unternehmen für ihre Mitarbeitenden einen Teil der Behandlungskosten übernehmen. Vor der Gründung von Onuava hat Julia viele Jahre in der Unternehmensberatung und Finanzindustrie in Frankfurt und London gearbeitet. Sie ist selbst nur Dank erfolgreicher Kinderwunschbehandlung Mutter von drei Kindern, eine Erfahrung, die sie zur Gründung von Onuava motivierte. Ein spannender Talk als 15-Minuten-Impuls. Klartext HR - Informieren. Inspirieren. Lernen. Viel Spaß damit! https://persoblogger.de/klartext-hr LinkedIn-Profil von Dr. Julia Reichert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-reichert-onuava
Julia Reichert, dubbed “Documentarian of the Working Class” by The New York Times, died of cancer on December 1. 9 to 5 co-founder Karen Nussbaum interviewed Julia in 2020 after her film American Factory won an Oscar; Part 1 ran in our April 26, 2020 episode. This week, we're re-running Part 2. Reichert made documentary films for 50 years and was known as “a godmother of the American independent film movement.” Karen and Julia start out talking about the classic labor film Union Maids and the strong connection of that film – made nearly fifty years ago – to Reichert's most recent film, 9to5: The Story of a Movement, co-directed with Steven Bognar, who also co-directed American Factory. The interview ends with the wonderful back story of Julia's call at the 2020 Academy Awards for workers of the world to unite. On this week's Labor History in Two: Founding of the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory
Julia Reichert's death from cancer on December 1 at the age of 76 made headlines across the country. Most of them called her an “Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker” and that was certainly true: she was a four-time Academy Award-nominated director, for 1977's Union Maids, Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists in 1984, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant in 2010 and American Factory, for which she won an Oscar in 2020. But we thought Julia would have really got a kick out of The New York Times, which called her “Documentarian of the Working Class.” Back in 2020, Julia talked with 9 to 5 co-founder Karen Nussbaum about how her working-class upbringing informed her work as much as her left politics; she offered advice for chronicling the pandemic, and told what it was like to give her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards that year. The interview, originally published in The American Prospect in April 2020, ran in two parts on the Labor History Today podcast; you can hear the first part here today on Labor Goes to the Movies, and the second part will run in this Sunday's Labor History Today podcast. Produced by Chris Garlock @dclabor @LaborHeritage1 @karenbnussbaum @TheProspect --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/labor-goes-to-the-movies/message
Scientist Temple Grandin credits her success to how she thinks: in pictures. Her new book is “Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions.” The U.S. Supreme Court heard hours of oral arguments in a case that will decide whether state courts can review legislative maps and overturn local election laws. Raphael Warnock beat former football star Herschel Walker in the Georgia runoff election, giving Democrats a clear majority in the U.S. Senate. Academy Award winner Julia Reichert, 76, died last week after a battle with cancer. The documentarian dedicated her career to filming the working class.
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This week the world lost an incredible force of good, the godmother of the modern documentary, Julia Reichert, whose groundbreaking work inspired countless filmmakers that followed — including 17-year-old Michael Moore in 1971 when he drove his parents' car to Ann Arbor to watch her first film, Growing Up Female, a subversive feminist documentary, in an auditorium on the University of Michigan campus. Years later, they would become friends, and today on Rumble, Michael pays tribute to Julia. Also, fresh off the United States Men's soccer team's loss in the 2022 World Cup, Michael shares his take on the world's game of football, and gives one final push to Rumble listeners to Get Out the Vote for Senator Ralph Warnock before the final midterm runoff election in Georgia this Tuesday. For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com. ******************** Episode underwriters: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. 2) National Geographic Documentary Films and Picturehouse present Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman's latest documentary, Retrograde, available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu this December. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rumble-with-michael-moore/message
The team sits down with David Goldblum & Julie Parker Benello, Producers of "Sell/Buy/Date".Sell/Buy/Date is a heartfelt, witty doc/narrative hybrid following Tony-winning performer/comedian Sarah Jones and her multicultural characters on a journey exploring her personal relationship to the sex industry through a social justice lens.David Goldblum is a writer/producer at the intersection of social justice and entertainment. Next up he's writing/producing an adaptation of the #1 New York Times best-selling book which sold 12 million copies worldwide, A Child Called It. David has extensive experience in film and TV development, having worked for Paula Wagner, Participant Media, AMC TV, and Stone Village Productions. He was a graduate of the UCLA MFA Screenwriting Program, the recipient of the UCLA/Participant Media Fellowship, a Telluride Film Festival Film Lab Fellow, a recipient of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Fellowship, and was nominated for the Humanitas Drama Award.Julie Parker Benello is the Founder of Secret Sauce Media, her latest venture to produce and invest in surprising and timeless film projects. Julie co-founded Chicken & Egg Pictures, in 2005 with a shared belief that diverse women nonfiction storytellers have the power to catalyze change at home and around the globe. She produced Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's Academy Award®, Emmy, Gotham, and Independent Spirit-winning feature documentary American Factory, streaming on Netflix in partnership with Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media. Most recently she produced Sarah Jones's directorial debut Sell/Buy/Date premiering at SXSW 2022 and Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk's Netflix Originals documentary – Athlete A. Julie lives in San Francisco and serves on the Board of SFFILM and is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Documentary Branch.Fandor is a proud sponsor of San Francisco International Film Festival.Fandor on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fandorTwitter: https://twitter.com/FandorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandorfilmsTikTok: tiktok.com/@fandorfilms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nesse episódio discutimos o documentário de 2019 "American Factory" dirigido por Steven Bognar e Julia Reichert. Discuta os motivos que levaram uma indústria chinesa a se instalar no meio oeste americano. Decida se os sindicatos ainda tem papel para os trabalhadores da atualidade ou se eles são uma relíquia do passado. Entenda que tentar competir com a China em termos de produtividade e eficiência pode ser equivalente ao suicídio econômico. Avalie as perspectivas para o futuro do trabalho e preocupe-se - muito. E decida se sua empresa deveria ter um hino ou não. Acesse o site da Liga dos Leigos para a bibliografia completa do episódio e mais informações sobre os diletos membros da liga: https://ligadosleigos.com/ Entre em contato com a Liga em: contato@ligadosleigos.com Siga-nos no Twitter em: @ligadosleigos
9to5: The Story of Movement is the latest film from Academy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar. The film chronicles the previously untold story of the founding of 9to5, an organization started by a group of secretaries in Boston in 1972 in response to rampant discrimination, unfair pay, lack of upward mobility, and sexual harassment in the workplace.rnrnTheir ideas spread rapidly
Suzan is an Hispana-Latina-American and was born and raised in the Caribbean. Her films have been shown on Independent Lens, World Channel, Pivot TV and on the Documentary Channel, at Lincoln Center, and at many festivals. Her first film, BAG IT, was a winner of the Britdoc Impact Award in Berlin and has been televised in over fifty countries. URANIUM DRIVE-IN was a recipient of Sundance Institute and Chicken and Egg funding and was featured at Good Pitch and at Hot Docs Pitch Forum. The film was awarded the Big Sky Award, was honored for documentary excellence by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and was part of the American Film Showcase, an international film program of the U.S. State Department. Her most recent film, MASSACRE RIVER: The Woman Without a Country aired on PBS in 2019, is the recipient of ITVS funding, and was selected for the Latino Media Market, Camden International Film Festival Points North Fellowship, and IFP Spotlight on Documentaries. Suzan became Festival Director for Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado in 2017, and is currently Chair of New Day Films’ Steering Committee.Suzan’s films:Bag It | vimeoThe Last Plastic Straw Environmental Working Group: verified personal care + cleaning productsUranium Drive-In Massacre River | watch pageSuzan’s film recommendations:Close to Eden (original title: Urga). (1991) Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. American Factory (2019) Oscar winner directed by Julia Reichert and Steven BognarMinding the Gap (2018) Audience Choice and Best Doc Winner at Mountainfilm. Directed by Bing Liu. (on Hulu)Film festivals recommended by Suzan:Mountainfilm | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram (Telluride, CO)Telluride Film Festival (Telluride, CO)Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Missoula, MT)Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Arkansas)Hot Docs (Toronto)Camden International Film Festival (Maine)Sundance Film Festival (Utah)Additional Resources:Protect Our WintersNew Day Films
“9to5: The Story of a Movement” tells the history of the women’s labor movement that inspired the Hollywood comedy and Dolly Parton’s song. Oscar-winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar (“American Factory”) interview women from across the country who describe their battles over sexual harassment, child care, and equal pay. Official trailer:
Suzan was born and raised in the Caribbean. Broadcast includes - Independent Lens, PBS, World Channel, Lincoln Center. BAG IT - winner of the Britdoc Impact Award, televised in over thirty countries. URANIUM DRIVE-IN - Sundance Institute, Good Pitch and Hot Docs Pitch Forum. Documentary Excellence by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. MASSACRE RIVER - ITVS funded, Latino Media Market, Points North Fellowship, and IFP Spotlight on Documentaries. Suzan became Festival Director for Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado in 2017. Suzan is a Hispana-Latina-American and was born and raised in the Caribbean. Her films have shown on Independent Lens, PBS, Pivot TV and on the Documentary Channel, at Lincoln Center, and at many festivals. Her first film, BAG IT, was a winner of the Britdoc Impact Award in Berlin and has been televised in over thirty countries. URANIUM DRIVE-IN was a recipient of Sundance Institute and Chicken and Egg funding and was featured at Good Pitch and at Hot Docs Pitch Forum. The film was awarded the Big Sky Award, was honored for documentary excellence by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and was part of the American Film Showcase, an international film program of the U.S. State Department. Her most recent film, MASSACRE RIVER aired on PBS in 2019 and is the recipient of ITVS funding and was selected for the Latino Media Market, Camden International Film Festival Points North Fellowship, and IFP Spotlight on Documentaries. Suzan became Festival Director for Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado in 2017.FILMS BY SUZAN BERAZAMASSACRE RIVER: The Woman Without a CountryPikilina is a Dominican-born woman of Haitian descent. Racial and political violence erupt when the country of her birth, the Dominican Republic, reverses its birthright citizenship law and she is left stateless, along with over 200,000 others.Uranium Drive-InBag ItTry going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow "everyman" Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world.New Day was initially formed because the women's movement had arrived and a group of independent filmmakers couldn't find distribution for their feminist films. New Day sustains the ideas that inspired its formation in 1971 - collaboration, hope and social change.“We met at the 1971 Flaherty Seminar, where some of our films were programmed,” recalled founding member Amalie Rothschild. “I was in production with It Happens to Us. I'd been trying to get distribution for Woo Who? May Wilson. I'd take it to non-theatrical distribution companies and they'd say 'It's wonderful, dear, we really like it. But there's no audience...' ”Founding members Julia Reichert and Jim Klein had already started self-distributing their film, Growing Up Female. "The whole idea of distribution," explained Julia Reichert, "was to help the women's movement grow. Films could do that, they could get the ideas out. We could watch the women's movement spread across the country just by who was ordering our films. First it was Cambridge and Berkeley. I remember the first showing in the deep South."Soon, a fourth member joined the three: "When I first met them," Liane Brandon explains, "I'd been inundated with requests to show Anything You Want To Be. I'd been running back and forth to the Post Office, making myself crazy. Other distributors wanted my film, but the most they would offer was a two-year contract, as they were sure the women's movement wouldn't last any longer than that. Because I'd been active in women's groups since 1969, I knew there was a huge demand, but most distributors didn't, so they offered bad deals, or they wanted to ghettoize the films. When I first talked with Jim and Julia and Amalie, I thought 'Ah-hah! Someone else who's experiencing the same things I am.'Much has changed in media distribution since 1971 when the early members were selling 16 mm film prints! But the commitment to quality content and cutting edge distribution remains.Shown at right: left to right back row: Amalie R. Rothschild, Julia Reichert, Jim Klein; front: Liane Brandon.https://www.newday.com/Suzan Berazahttp://reelthing.usLike to have a ASC cinematographer as a mentor?Have you thought of upgrading your cinematography game? Would you like to have an ASC Cinematographer mentor you for free? Join veteran cinematographer Suki Medencevic, A.S.C. (Disney, Pixar, FX Networks, Netflix, American Horror Story). 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Academy Award-winning American documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert and ILR Dean Alex Colvin discuss Reichert’s Oscar-winning film, “American Factory,” as well as the recent upturn in union activism, the rise of B Corps and the future of work. To learn about Reichert’s connection to the ILR School, read: ILR Expertise Utilized by Academy Award Winner Fill out this short questionnaire to provide feedback, or to suggest a guest or topic for a future episode. Learn more about ILR by visiting us on the web at ILR.Cornell.edu!
Imagine stepping up to the podium to accept your award for Best Documentary Feature for the film that you have put your heart, soul, blood sweat tears into. What would you say? Who would thank? Where would you even start? Well, Steven Bognar, of this year's American Factory knows precisely what this feels like. And he details the story of he and his partner, Julia Reichert's walk to that Oscar podium. And he details a heckuva lot more about what it means to live the life of a documentary filmmaker in Dayton, OH, far from the neon lights of New York, London, or L.A. And what it means to make meaningful documentaries that impact a lot of people and win a lot of awards. What it means to live and lead a documentary life. Topics Discussed host Chris G. Parkhurst gives some History 101 of documentaries and the Academy Awards why its beneficial to the world that documentary filmmakers make films from where they are at how American Factory came from turning down what was initially meant to be a corporate video for the Fuyao factory play-by-play of Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's walk to the podium to accept their award for Best Documentary Feature unique sound approaches that were brought to American Factory Additional Resources Trailer for American Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m36QeKOJ2Fc American Factory wins Best Documentary Feature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF4ytC3-M3g Sponsors & Thank Yous ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today! Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) | Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!
Jack Kelly, author of "The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America,” and Part 2 of our interview with Oscar-winning director Julia Reichert.I'll tell you what I was thinking about when we wrote it; I was thinking about the Wobblies. Director Julia Reichert's call at the Oscars earlier this year for “workers of the world to unite” went viral; she and Steven Bognar won for their film American Factory, and we’ve got the second part of her interview with 9 to 5 founder Karen Nussbaum.The Pullman strike was a solidarity strike. they were striking in sympathy with the Pullman workers and that idea of people pulling together I think you're seeing now. At the peak of the Gilded Age a conflict in one of America’s largest factories exploded into the most extensive and threatening labor uprising in American history. Jack Kelly's "The Edge of Anarchy” tells the dramatic story of this historic event, transporting the reader from the fabulous White City of the 1893 World’s Fair to the nation’s industrial heartland, where unprecedented hard times are brewing rage across the continent. In the summer of 1894, more than half a million desperate railroad workers went on strike. Riots broke out in Chicago and other major cities. The nation’s commerce ground to a halt—famine threatened isolated towns. The U.S. Attorney General declared the country to be on “the ragged edge of anarchy.” Produced by Chris Garlock; to contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.comLabor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.
Oscar-winning director Julia Reichert, interviewed by 9 to 5 founder Karen Nussbaum; the AFL-CIO’s Damon Silvers, on how the Montgomery Ward CEO was busted for unionbusting; Saul Schniderman celebrates May Day and Mother Jones’ birthday. "Mother Mends" by The R.J. Phillips Band. Produced by Chris Garlock; to contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.
On this episode of John Rocha's Deep Cut podcast, John welcomes American Factory directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar to discuss their Oscar winning documentary, the unusual obstacle they encountered shooting the film, and what they hope viewers take away from the film about the state of the factory worker in the United States. Listen to this informative, wide open and thought provoking conversation with two of the best documentarians working today and 2020 Oscar winners. Remember to Share and Retweet the episode and to Subscribe to The Outlaw Nation channel! #AmericanFactory #Netflix #Oscars Follow John Rocha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRochaSays And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therochasays You can support John Rocha and The Outlaw Nation at his Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/JohnRocha
Oscar winners and co-directors of the documentary “American Factory,” Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar took the stage to accept their award. Both were proudly bald... Unfortunately, this was not a publicity stunt, Julia is battling bladder cancer. We dive in with Dr. Dr. Mutahar Ahmed, to talk through all things bladder.
Hoy hablamos de masculinidades enfrentadas, de un blend de no-sabemos-bien-qué, de ambiciones, de falos, de feminismo, de todo lo que está bien y de todo lo que está mal. Ficciones Podcast no es otra cosa más que todo eso junto. En este episodio hablamos sin spoilers (creemos). Así que pongan play, lean nuestro line up, y vayan a ver cada uno de los siguientes títulos: Uncut Gems, (Diamantes en Bruto) de los hermanos Safdie The Lighthouse, (El Faro) de Robert Eggers American Factory, de Julia Reichert y Steven Bognar Transit, de de Christian Petzold Black Christmas, de Sophia Takal Gretel & Hansel, de Oz Perkins Visitá nuestra web acá para leer las reseñas. Ficciones en las redes: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd. Fabri en las redes: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd. Sebas en las redes: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd.
E o Oscar foi para... o documentário "Indústria Americana", com direito à diretora Julia Reichert citando Marx ("trabalhadores do mundo, uni-vos") em seu discurso. Mas o que está por trás disso? Neste episódio discutiremos as importantes reflexões do documentário sobre o modelo asiático de precarização do trabalho. Ao mesmo tempo, refletiremos como essa precarização não é exclusividade chinesa e quais as contradições de uma produção financiada pela família Obama, em meio a uma guerra comercial entre EUA e China. Compartilhe e difunda! Campanha financeira do Esquerda Diário: http://bit.ly/2tdC5VR
The latest winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar's American Factory is a complex and brilliant examination of a clash of cultures and management styles and the diminishment of a class of workers having to grovel for jobs they cannot do without. In 2014, the recently closed GM factory in Moraine, Ohio, was acquired and reopened by Fuyao Glass, a Chinese company; many of the former GM employees, often out of regular work since the closure in 2008, would occupy new jobs there. While the film depicts clashes between the Moraine locals and the Chinese employees flown in to supervise them, it also ensures that it doesn't accept any indulgence in xenophobia, instead showing employees of both nationalities spending leisure time together and getting along. The film is less interested in moderating the clash between the Chinese and American supervisors - a trip to a Chinese plant, intended to show the Americans how things should be done, with robotic employees, militaristic roll calls and company songs, long hours, hardly any days off, non-existent safety standards and a focus on quantity of production over quality, is met with raised eyebrows by all but one conspicuously enthusiastic visitor. That those unconvinced bosses are eventually replaced by more Chinese overseers is no surprise - nor is it a surprise that a bubbling movement to unionise the Moraine workers is suppressed by an appeasing extra couple of dollars of pay - that still keeps salaries at half of what they'd been at GM - and an expensive propaganda campaign that successfully scares most of the employees into voting against unionisation. There's a vast amount going on in this concise and potent film, and Reichert and Bognar work magic to marshal a sprawling web of people, plots and themes, and to allow the workers to narrate their own story smoothly and with little outside help (just a few lines of superimposed text here and there). It's available on Netflix, and you should not miss out on it. Recorded on 13th February 2020.
“It’s only fair that workers who reap the benefits of collective bargaining agreements pay their share of the costs.” Today’s labor history: International Association of Fire Fighters formed. Today’s labor quote by director Julia Reichert.
Fresh off winning their first Oscar, professor emeritus Julia Reichert and former motion pictures faculty member Steven Bognar returned to Wright State University to celebrate with students and faculty during a special gathering at the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures Feb 13. Reichert and Bognar visited Wright State four days after winning the Oscar for best documentary feature for “American Factory” at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony. The film, which Reichert and Bognar directed and produced, focuses on the opening of the Fuyao Glass America plant at the site of a former General Motors truck plant in Moraine. The documentary captures the complicated relationship between Fuyao, the Chinese glass manufacturer that owns the new plant, and its American employees, some of whom worked at the GM truck plant before it closed in 2008, putting more than 1,000 workers out of jobs. “American Factory” was developed when Bognar served as a faculty member in Wright State’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures. Fourteen Wright State motion pictures alumni worked on the film. With their Oscars in hand, Reichert and Bognar discussed a variety of topics with about 100 students and faculty from the Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures.
Barack and Michelle Obama picked the film “American Factory” to be the first film backed by their company Higher Ground. Now the film is Oscar nominated for Best Documentary Feature and available on Netflix. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert about their long history filming inside the factory in […] The post 113: Inside “American Factory” appeared first on Pure Nonfiction.
The American Factory (ผู้กำกับ Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert, 2019) 1 ใน 15 สารคดีที่เข้าชิงรางวัลออสการ์ในสาขาสารคดียอดเยี่ยมประจำปี 2019 ที่นำเสนอเรื่องราวการทำงานและบริหารจัดการของทีมงานชาวจีนที่เข้ามาเป็นเจ้าของโรงงาน Fuyao Glass America Inc. ในเมือง Dayton รัฐ Ohio ประเทศอเมริกา ซึ่งในอดีตเคยเป็นพื้นที่ของโรงงานผลิตรถยนต์ยักษ์ใหญ่อย่าง GM เมื่อวัฒนธรรมการทำงานและการใช้ชีวิตในรูปแบบตะวันออกและตะวันตกที่แตกต่างกัน แต่กลับต้องทำงานร่วมกัน ส่งผลให้เกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงกับชีวิตของพนักงานอย่างไร ชาติใดจะมีอำนาจมากกว่ากัน หรือในท้ายที่สุดแล้วต่างก็ต้องยอมรับการเปลี่ยนแปลงของการทำงานในระบบอุตสาหกรรมการผลิต .
En este primer episodio del año, Luis Pablo Beauregard, Mariana Linares y Trino Camacho rememoran los 37 episodios pasados y recuperan títulos que siguen en sus listas a pesar del fin de año. Un recorrido por los imperdibles del 2019 a través de géneros y regiones. Cuatro documentales; Homecoming de Beyoncé, Al filo de la Democracia de Petra Costa, American Factory dirigido por Julia Reichert y Steven Bognar y producida por los Obama, y The Great Hack de Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim sobre el escándalo de Cambridge Analytica. Dos mini series; When They See Us de Ava DuVernay y Unbelievable creada por Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon y Ayelet Waldman.The Crown, temporada 3, creada por Peter Morgan.Cinco títulos latinoamericanos; Monarca, primera temporada, creada por Diego Gutierrez. Bayoneta, película de Kyzza Terrazas. 1994, miniserie documental de Diego Enrique Osorno. Frontera Verde, serie colombiana dirigida por Ciro Guerra, Jacques Toulemonde y Laura Mora. Y, ‘Lorena: la de pies ligeros’, corto documental de Juan Carlos Rulfo producido por No Ficción. Tres películas de ficción; El Irlandés de Martin Scorsese, Los Dos Papas de Fernando Meirelles e Historia de un matrimonio de Noah Baumbach. Y finalmente, dos series de comedia; After Life de Ricky Gervais. Y The Politician de Ryan Murphy.
Happy Thanksgiving, Doccalo! Bob and Jonni hit up the Thanksgiving week documentary this year. Thanksgiving is a holiday they both enjoy and the happiest Bob is until the new year. It’s not a pure Thanksgiving documentary, but it is featured nicely within. An all American documentary about a once gutted factory in Dayton, Ohio that is being filled by a Chinese company called “Fuyao”. It’s giving some hope to the citizens of this economically troubled town. Hope that is dashed very quickly into the reality of mundane wage mediocrity. Turns out North American Labor activism and Chinese “Communism” is not quite the same thing. No matter what corporate news media tells you. Bob and Jonni watched Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s Netflix documentary “American Factory”. The Thanksgiving that is featured in this documentary features motorcycles and guns being held giddily by Chinese laborers. A normal Thanksgiving from the context of Bob’s childhood. We hope you have a pleasant Turkey Day. Pass the gravy and Keep on Doccin’ https://documenteerspodcast.com The Trailer: https://youtu.be/m36QeKOJ2Fc Guess it’s easier to defend labor rights when you’re not president anymore: https://youtu.be/NRS0YDUf-Yc Dayton, Ohio Lo-Fi Native Drunks: https://youtu.be/hWG1h8kJBvE Oh, Shit. Pay up you taskmasters! : https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/09/20/fired-american-factory-workers-successfully-fought-back/#54cc7a0e7f41
This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll look at what happens to American workers when the company is owned by foreigners. We'll talk to filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven […] The post American Factory: The Clash of Cultures or Just Bare-fisted Capitalism? and New Report on European Investors in the American South appeared first on KKFI.
The duo behind the Netflix's "American Factory" share their insight into how documentary filmmakers can gain trust and access, crafting story, and how they shot this remarkable film.
The Geektown Radio podcast this week sees Gray return to the co-host chair to chat through the usual weekly tv and film news, plus we attempt to explain everything that is going on with the Sky/Arrowverse/Batwoman fiasco, along with a look at the next week on tv. We also have an exclusive interview with 'American Factory' composer, Chad Cannon.Directed by three-time Oscar nominee Julia Reichert and Oscar-nominee Steve Bognar, 'American Factory' explores the industrial rivalry between the U.S. and China. The acclaimed Netflix documentary won the Best Director Award for a Documentary at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and is the first release by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground.Chad is a composer interested in the intersection of cultures, history, and human stories. His debut soundtracks received global recognition - Paper Lanterns received an IFMCA (International Film Music Critics’ Awards) nomination for Best Original Score for a Documentary, while 'Cairo Declaration', co-composed with Xiaogang Ye, received China’s highest film prize, the Golden Rooster Award for Best Music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
For this second episode of our current season we try something new with a look back at an important film from the past, Barbara Kopple’s 1976 Harlan County U.S.A., which won the 1977 Best Documentary Oscar. Why this trip down docu-memory lane? Two reasons: 1) our guest host this week is actually a guest historian, Betsy McLane, who not only knows just about everything there is to know about documentary history, but also knows quite a lot about Kopple; and 2) the coal miners of Harlan County, Kentucky, are once again on strike, gaining national and international attention over the summer. Plus ça change … And while we’re on the topic of great films about unions, we thought we’d also play a recent interview Chris did with directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert of American Factory, just recently released on Netflix, which tells the story of what happens when a Chinese glass company takes over an abandoned GM plant. It starts out so well, but then, well … you’ll just have to listen to our podcast and then watch the movie. Enjoy! Group Review Documentary: HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple, 1976) Available on disc and online Film Featured in Interview Portion: AMERICAN FACTORY (Steven Bognar/Julia Reichert, 2019) Now on Netflix Other Books and Documentaries Mentioned: American Dream (Barbara Kopple, 1990) Hillbilly (Sally Rubin/Ashley York, 2018) The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (Steven Bognar/Julia Reichert, 2009) Monterey Pop (D.A. Pennebaker, 1968) Murder on a Sunday Morning (Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, 2001) My Generation (Thomas Haneke/Barbara Kopple, 2000) A New History of Documentary Film, 2nd Edition (BOOK), by Betsy McLane (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013) One Child Nation (Nanfu Wang/Jialing Zhang, 2019) ReFocus: The Films of Barbara Kopple (BOOK), edited by Jeff Jaeckle and Susan Ryan (Edinburgh University Press, 2019) The Staircase (Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, 2004-2018) Woodstock (Michael Wadleigh, 1970) Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (Barak Goodman, 2019) Links to review and interview by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Hammer to Nailreview of American Factory Film Festival Todayinterview with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert of American Factory Timestamps: 00:40 – Intro 04:27 – Group Discussion of HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. 25:58 – Chris interviews Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert of AMERICAN FACTORY 43:38 – Doc Talk Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com disinfo@fogoftruth.com Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst) Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed
A young man with Down Syndrome runs away from a care facility to fulfill his dream of becoming a wrestler in THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON. Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, and Dakota Johnson star in the heartwarming adventure from co-writers and directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. Also, Dayton-area filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert capture what happens when a Chinese company directly invests in United States manufacturing in the documentary AMERICAN FACTORY. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON clips courtesy Roadside Attractions AMERICAN FACTORY clip courtesy Netflix Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded August 31, 2019.
When General Motors shuttered its factory outside of Dayton, Ohio, in 2008, filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar — who documented the plant’s closing in their Oscar-nominated short “The Last Truck” — thought that was the end of yet another sad story of America’s industrial decline. But as it turned out, life had other plans. In 2014, the billionaire owner of the Chinese auto-glass manufacturing firm Fuyao decided to invest in the abandoned GM plant, hiring more than 1,000 American workers to work alongside and be trained by hundreds of Chinese workers. No one was quite sure how this experiment in cross-cultural capitalism would work out — and, as it turned out, there would be some pretty major bumps along the way, as frustrations on both sides threatened to boil over. But whatever happened, Reichert and Bognar — a self-described “long-term couple” who have lived in Dayton for decades and have focused throughout their careers on the lives of working-class men and women — knew they wanted to be there to chronicle it. Culled from 1,200 hours of footage, the resulting film, “American Factory,” went on to win the U.S. documentary directing award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and drew the attention of a pair of newcomers to the film world: Barack and Michelle Obama.
The redemptive power of oral history is at the heart of Susan Straight's new memoir, In The Country Of Women; and also in this installment of the LARB Radio Hour, the first in a special series featuring Los Angeles authors. As Susan relates the amazing stories of the women in her family from across many generations to host Kate Wolf, the spirit and character of these women is conjured back to life. Our troubled times are presaged in the tragedies and violence encountered by Susan's ancestors; but the promise, not yet extinguished, of this blood-stained land shines through from these women of the past to their sisters in the present. Also, filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, whose latest film is American Factory, return to recommend four books: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead; The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson; and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. This episode of the LARB Radio Hour is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council.
The redemptive power of oral history is at the heart of Susan Straight's new memoir, In The Country Of Women; and also in this installment of the LARB Radio Hour, the first in a special series featuring Los Angeles authors. As Susan relates the amazing stories of the women in her family from across many generations to host Kate Wolf, the spirit and character of these women is conjured back to life. Our troubled times are presaged in the tragedies and violence encountered by Susan's ancestors; but the promise, not yet extinguished, of this blood-stained land shines through from these women of the past to their sisters in the present. Also, filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, whose latest film is American Factory, return to recommend four books: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead; The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson; and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. This episode of the LARB Radio Hour is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council.
On this week’s podcast, Kaiser and Jeremy speak with Andy Rothman, an investment strategist at Matthews Asia, to get his take on recent developments in the U.S.-China trade war. Andy lived in China for over 20 years, and was previously the chief China strategist for the brokerage and investment group CLSA after a long career in the U.S. Foreign Service. What to listen for on this week’s Sinica Podcast:14:09: Andy comments on the protracted detentions of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig: “They need to treat the two Canadians as they would like Chinese to be treated in Canada and the United States. That’s not happening and it’s sending the wrong message, and it’s further politicizing what should be a technical issue. So, I’m hoping we’re going to see some progress on this, but certainly I don’t see any signs in that direction at the moment.” He also says a voice of reason could come from an unlikely place: “I would also like to see Huawei, as a company, speak out against this kind of retaliation.” In addition, he notes that he has mentioned this to individuals at the company, but “they did not have any response.”36:54: Andy chimes in on the issue of engagement versus decoupling: “I think the engagement option for dealing with China versus decoupling and containment gets a bad rap. I think it’s really important for us to look back over the last 40 years of engagement and recognize that it has worked pretty well. Both for Americans and Chinese citizens, and that should be important for us, too.” He continues, diving into the numbers: “On the trade side, we’ve gotten fantastic access. China was an irrelevant player on the global economy up until 20 years ago. Now it’s our number one trading partner. Since China joined the WTO, U.S. exports are up to China about 500 percent, whereas they’re only up about 100 percent to the rest of the world. Prior to the tariff dispute, agricultural exports to China were up over 1,000 percent, and it was our biggest market.” Recommendations:Jeremy: The Secrets of the Hopewell Box: Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City's Coming of Age, by James D. Squires.Andy: The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, by Margaret O’Mara. Kaiser: American Factory, by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, available on Netflix. Kaiser’s review of the documentary can be found on our website here.
A few decades and a whole industry removed from Barbara Kopple’s HARLAN COUNTY, USA, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s AMERICAN FACTORY is an entertaining yet dispiriting illustration of how much working conditions, labor relations, and blue-collar work have changed — and, in some ways, haven’t. After wrestling with AMERICAN FACTORY’s sometimes-funny, sometimes-demoralizing portrayal of the current state of American industry, unions, and national identity, we dive what unites and separates these films’ approach to depicting the struggles and setbacks of the working American. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about HARLAN COUNTY USA, AMERICAN FACTORY, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Your Next Picture Show: • Keith: INFINITY TRAIN on Cartoon Network • Genevieve: Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck’s SHUT UP AND SING • Scott: Barbara Kopple’s AMERICAN DREAM • Tasha: Richard Linklater’s WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE? Outro music: Bruce Springsteen, “Factory” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week’s podcast, Glenn and Daniel take a journey into the American heartland along with a Chinese glass conglomerate, and only one of our journeys ends well in one of the best documentaries of the decade, as much a case study about how two cohorts from two very different work cultures see each other, […]
This week on The Deep Cut, John Rocha welcomes Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert to discuss their latest documentary ‘American Factory’. A Netflix Original Documentary presented by Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media. The acclaimed film takes a deep dive into a post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant and hires two thousand blue-collar Americans still recovering from the effects of the 2008 recession. Steven and Julia discuss the story behind making this documentary, how they found themselves on the project, and the nearly unlimited access they had to both the American workers and executives and the Chinese workers and executives. They also discuss what their thoughts are on the state of the American factory worker and the state of the working class in general after shooting this documentary.For more on the movie click here: https://www.participantmedia.com/film/american-factoryFollow Rocha: https://twitter.com/TheRochaSays
LARB's Medaya Ocher talks with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert about their new film which documents the recent history of an American factory in Dayton, OH that was closed last decade and re-opened this decade under Chinese ownership and management. The tale is rife with paradoxes: the communists are the capitalists; and the workers from the land of Reagan and Trump channel socialist solidarity as they move to form a union against the wishes of the folks from the People's Republic. The conversation fills in the backstory; and, along the way, reveals what makes this highly political documentary so compelling - the filmmakers' drive to capture the humanity of all the players in the drama. Also, author Anthony McCann returns to recommend No One Knows My History, Fawn Brodie's beautifully written biography of Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Mormon religion.
LARB's Medaya Ocher talks with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert about their new film which documents the recent history of an American factory in Dayton, OH that was closed last decade and re-opened this decade under Chinese ownership and management. The tale is rife with paradoxes: the communists are the capitalists; and the workers from the land of Reagan and Trump channel socialist solidarity as they move to form a union against the wishes of the folks from the People's Republic. The conversation fills in the backstory; and, along the way, reveals what makes this highly political documentary so compelling - the filmmakers' drive to capture the humanity of all the players in the drama. Also, author Anthony McCann returns to recommend No One Knows My History, Fawn Brodie's beautifully written biography of Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Mormon religion.
The documentary "American Factory" covers the Chinese company Fuyao Glass that retools an abandoned GM Factory in Dayton, Ohio, raising hopes for local workers. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert get deep access to both management in China and American workers on the factory floor. The film is the first acquisition by Barack and Michelle Obama's film company in partnership with Netflix. — Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers For more information, click here to visit the film web site.
AMERICAN FACTORY tells the story of a Chinese billionaire opening a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio, hiring 2,000 blue-collar Americans still recovering from the effects of the 2008 recession. Working side-by-side with experienced Chinese workers, the locals are optimistic about the future for the first time in almost a decade. But early days of hope give way to setbacks as high-tech China collides with working-class America, and issues of language and culture become seemingly insurmountable walls between clashing factions. AMERICAN FACTORY, the new film from Academy Award®-nominated directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, documents the revitalization of one long-shuttered factory while providing a startling glimpse into a global economic realignment now playing out in towns and cities across the country — and around the world. Granted generous access to the factory, and with the in-depth participation of its employees, Bognar, Reichert and their team spent three years following Fuyao Glass America’s launch of a state-of- the-art glassmaking facility employing hundreds of Chinese and thousands of Midwestern workers in the American heartland. Capturing surprisingly candid moments of people ranging from the visionary billionaire who financed the enterprise to American and Chinese workers on the factory line, AMERICAN FACTORY presents a microcosmic view of a global phenomenon that could represent a new normal for the American working class. Co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert join us for a lively conversation on the challenges of telling a multifaceted of people desperate for a new beginning working for an employer who sees the workplace from a point of view rooted in a culture a half a world away.
Culture in the Gem City is changing and Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert are documenting it on film. The region’s most acclaimed filmmakers will host the theatrical premiere of their latest work “American Factory” at the Victoria Theatre. Before that, they sat down for a chat with “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson. Julia and Steve, both groundbreaking artists in their own right, discuss American Factory, the Obamas, being wined and dined by Netflix, what brought them together as filmmakers and life partners and their very different upbringings. The public is invited to a free screening of Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert’s “American Factory” at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19 at the Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St. in downtown Dayton. Visit www.gofobo.com/AmericanFactoryGA for tickets. Indiewire.com called “American Factory” “an eye-popping look at the differences between American and Chinese workers” and a top contender for a 2020 Oscar. The award-winning film follows the creation of the Chinese-owned automotive glass-factory in the same building that had once housed a General Motors assembly operation in Moraine. Steve and Julia, a Yellow Springs couple together more than 30 years, received an Academy Award nomination in the “Best Documentary (short subject)” category for their 2009 HBO film “The Last Truck” about the closing of that very same GM plant in Moraine. Cox Media Group Ohio, including WHIO, Dayton Daily News and Dayton.com, has partnered with the Dayton Foundation in the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund. The fund allows individuals to make charitable contributions to help the families directly affected by this terrible tragedy. For more information about the Dayton Foundation, go to DaytonFoundation.org.
Cesar Vargas, the first person admitted to the New York State Bar who was previously and undocumented immigrant, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss how and why it's going to become even harder to apply for a green card very soon. Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, the co-directors of "American Factory", talk about their new Netflix documentary that takes you inside the Chinese Fuyao glass plant in Dayton Ohio. It highlights the cultural and workplace differences between Chinese and American workers. Our Walter Isaacson sits down with Danny Meyer, CEO and founder of Union Square Hospitality Group, to talk about his career in the restaurant business and why he aims to eradicate tipping.
Our pairing of devious doppelgängers arrives at Jordan Peele’s new US, which brings into 2019 some of the same themes of paranoia and dread seen in one of its many predecessors, Philip Kaufman’s INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. After comparing our reactions to US’s “messy by design” narrative and the conversations that have sprung up around it, we bring these two films together to compare how they reflect their respective eras, how each works as horror, and the weird character relationships that underscore the human drama behind the allegory. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, US, or anything else in the world of film by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. *Show Notes* Works cited: • Unpacking Reddit’s Wildest Theory About US, by Rebecca Alter (Vulture.com) • What Was Hands Across America, and What Does It Have to Do With US?, by Keith Phipps (Slate.com) Your Next Picture Show: • Scott: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s AMERICAN FACTORY, Rachel Leads’ KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE, and Hassan Fazili’s MIDNIGHT TRAVELER • Tasha: The IMMUNITIES podcast, and Terry Gilliam’s THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE • Keith: Steve Mitchell’s KING COHEN, and Larry Cohen’s THE STUFF and GOD TOLD ME TO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rebel Wilson hits her head and wakes up to a life inside a romantic comedy in director Todd Strauss-Schulson’s ISN’T IT ROMANTIC. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reports on the True/False Film Festival, with highlights including Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s AMERICAN FACTORY, Brett Story’s THE HOTTEST AUGUST, Todd Douglas Miller’s APOLLO 11, and Jodie Mack’s THE GRAND BIZARRE. Paul Markoff is in favor of Jeff Nichols’ LOVING, which tells the story behind the landmark Supreme Court case.. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ ISN’T IT ROMANTIC clip courtesy Warner Bros. COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD clip courtesy Danish Film Institute AMAZING GRACE and APOLLO 11 clips courtesy Neon LOVING clip courtesy Focus Features Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded March 9, 2019.
We're back with our second update from Park City. Today's podcast features Film Comment Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold in conversation with FC contributors Devika Girish and Eric Hynes (also curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image). The focus today is on a Rashid Johnson's Richard Wright adaptation Native Son, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert's documentary American Factory, Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra's The Infiltrators, and Ben Berman's absurdist doc Untitled Amazing Johnathan Movie. Check back for more updates from Sundance 2019 throughout the next week.