Independent Lens - Season 8 Episode 20
They live crowded together in cement factory dormitories where water has to be carried upstairs in buckets. Their meals and rent are deducted from their wages, which amount to less than a dollar a day. Most of the jeans they make in the factory are purchased by retailers in the U.S. and other countries. China Blue takes viewers inside a blue jeans factory in southern China, where teenage workers struggle to survive harsh working conditions. Providing perspectives from both the top and bottom levels of the factory’s hierarchy, the film looks at complex issues of globalization from the human level. China Blue, which was made without permission from the Chinese authorities, offers an alarming report on the economic pressures applied by Western companies and the resulting human consequences, as the real profits are made—and kept—in first-world countries. The unexpected ending makes the connection between the exploited workers and U.S. consumers even clearer.
First Air Date : 1999-08-09
Last Air date : 2025-04-08
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
Cast : Stanley Tucci
Crew : Roger Huynh (Lighting Technician)
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Subtitles :
- Season 8 : Episode 12006-10-24
- Season 8 : Episode 22006-10-24
- Season 8 : Episode 32006-10-31
- Season 8 : Episode 42006-11-07
- Season 8 : Episode 52006-11-21
- Season 8 : Episode 62006-11-28
- Season 8 : Episode 72006-12-12
- Season 8 : Episode 82006-12-19
- Season 8 : Episode 92006-12-26
- Season 8 : Episode 102007-01-02
- Season 8 : Episode 112007-01-16
- Season 8 : Episode 122007-01-23
- Season 8 : Episode 132007-01-30
- Season 8 : Episode 142007-02-06
- Season 8 : Episode 152007-02-13
- Season 8 : Episode 162007-02-20
- Season 8 : Episode 172007-02-27
- Season 8 : Episode 182007-03-20
- Season 8 : Episode 192007-03-27
- Season 8 : Episode 202007-04-03
- Season 8 : Episode 212007-04-10
- Season 8 : Episode 222007-04-24
- Season 8 : Episode 232007-05-08
- Season 8 : Episode 242007-05-15
- Season 8 : Episode 252007-05-22
- Season 8 : Episode 262007-05-29
- Season 8 : Episode 272007-05-06