From China, ‘American Factory’ Subject Chairman Cao Congratulates Film’s Directors on Oscar Win
Exclusive: IndieWire has a video message from Cao Dewang, who Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar profiled in their Oscar-winning “American Factory.”
Exclusive: IndieWire has a video message from Cao Dewang, who Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar profiled in their Oscar-winning “American Factory.”
The “American Factory” co-director remembered her first Oscars as “a sea of white men,” but one that is “getting better.”
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The American workers were distrustful of the media, while the Chinese workers presented a challenging language barrier.
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The President and Mrs. Obama sit down for a conversation with the directors of the film, available as of Aug. 21.
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