Is American Factory (2019) CHUD or WOKE?
chudrank score: 56 / 100 (slightly WOKE-leaning). 0 is CHUD (right-wing), 100 is WOKE (left-wing).
Movie: Documentary, 2019.
8 votes: 50% WOKE, 50% CHUD.
Why: Ohio factory with Chinese owner, labor critical but nuanced
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.