China blue [videorecording] / director and producer, Micha X. Peled ; a co-production of Teddy Bear Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS).
2005
HD6073.C62 C55 2005
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Title
China blue [videorecording] / director and producer, Micha X. Peled ; a co-production of Teddy Bear Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS).
Variant Title
Container title also in Chinese: Zhongguo zheng lan
ISBN
1594585288
9781594585289
9781594585289
Imprint
Oley, PA : Bullfrog FIlms, [2005]
Language
Chinese
Language Note
Dialogues mainly in Chinese, with some English; subtitles in English.
Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers
761326528820
Call Number
HD6073.C62 C55 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.47687
Summary
This documentary visits a Chinese blue-jean factory, where workers are trying to survive a harsh working environment. But when the factory owner agrees to a deal with his Western client that forces his teenage workers to work around the clock, a confrontation becomes inevitable.
"Like no other film before, China Blue is a powerful and poignant journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers. Shot clandestinely, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retailers don't want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made. Following a pair of denim jeans from birth to sale, China Blue links the power of the U.S. consumer market to the daily lives of a Chinese factory owner and two teenaged female factory workers. Filmed both in the factory and in the workers' faraway village, this documentary provides a rare, human glimpse at China's rapid transformation into a free market society." -- Container.
"Like no other film before, China Blue is a powerful and poignant journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers. Shot clandestinely, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retailers don't want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made. Following a pair of denim jeans from birth to sale, China Blue links the power of the U.S. consumer market to the daily lives of a Chinese factory owner and two teenaged female factory workers. Filmed both in the factory and in the workers' faraway village, this documentary provides a rare, human glimpse at China's rapid transformation into a free market society." -- Container.
Note
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Special features: Q & A with director; additional scenes; promotional film for Lifeng Factory; trailer; photo gallery; contact info.
Interviewees include Mr. Lam, Jasmine Lee, Yang Ching, Dr. Liu Kaiming.
Special features: Q & A with director; additional scenes; promotional film for Lifeng Factory; trailer; photo gallery; contact info.
Interviewees include Mr. Lam, Jasmine Lee, Yang Ching, Dr. Liu Kaiming.
Credits
Associate producer/sound/translation supervisor, Song Chen ; camera, Micha X. Peled ; editor, Manuel A. Tsingaris ; composer, Miriam Cutler ; voice over readings by Zhongbao Wu and Su Guo Liang ; translation consultant, Bonny Lin ; Chinese dialect translation, Dr. Liang Song, Joanne Lee, Xin Yae, Shihling Ming, Dr. Wenli Wang, Ming Ji Hong, Ting Louie.
System Details Note
DVD-R.
NTSC.
NTSC.
Awards
Winner, Micha X. Peled, 2005 Amnesty International - DOEN Award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.
Added Author
Peled, Micha X.
Added Corporate Author
Teddy Bear Films.
Independent Television Service.
Bullfrog Films.
Independent Television Service.
Bullfrog Films.
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Table of Contents
Jasmine gets a job
Mr. Lam goes to work
Jasmine's diary
French buyer
Orchid dancing
Crisis for Mr. Lam
If you don't work hard today
Energy tea
Jasmine gets a stomach ache
Everybody is mad
Labor dispute
New Year party
Orchid in the village
Jasmine sends a letter.
Mr. Lam goes to work
Jasmine's diary
French buyer
Orchid dancing
Crisis for Mr. Lam
If you don't work hard today
Energy tea
Jasmine gets a stomach ache
Everybody is mad
Labor dispute
New Year party
Orchid in the village
Jasmine sends a letter.