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We the Workers (CN, EN, FR, IT & ES)

Zeng, Jinyan LU and Huang, Wenhai (2017)
Abstract
Shot over a six-year period (2009-15) mainly in the industrial heartland of south China, a major hub in the global supply chain, this film follows labor activists as they find common grounds with workers, helping them to negotiate with local officials and factory owners over wages and working conditions. Threats, attacks, detention and boredom become part of their daily lives as they struggle to strengthen worker solidarity in the face of threats and pressures from police and their employers. In the process, we see in their words and actions the emergence of a nascent working class consciousness and labor movement in China.
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director
Huang, Wenhai
producer
LU
publishing date
type
Non-textual form
publication status
published
subject
keywords
China, Documentary, Labour activism
publisher
International Film Festival Rotterdam
language
English
LU publication?
no
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d9a13da5-12f8-4670-a0fa-e54ddfac2a94
date added to LUP
2021-08-24 17:30:52
date last changed
2021-09-29 15:52:09
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  author       = {{Zeng, Jinyan and Huang, Wenhai}},
  keywords     = {{China; Documentary; Labour activism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{International Film Festival Rotterdam}},
  title        = {{We the Workers (CN, EN, FR, IT & ES)}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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