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Title:

China blue [videorecording] / a co-production of Teddy Bear Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; director and producer, Micha X. Peled.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Bullfrog FIlms,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Sweatshops--China.
Clothing trade--China.
Work environment--China.
Women clothing workers--China--Social conditions.
Women--Employment--China.
Women employees--China.
Factory system--China.
Child labor--China.
Employee rights--China.
Jeans (Clothing)--China.
Globalization--Economic aspects--China.
China--Economic conditions--21st century.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Peled, Micha X.
Teddy Bear Films.
Independent Television Service.

Notes:

"The shooting of this film was interrupted numerous times by the Chinese authorities. The crew was arrested and interrogated, and tapes were confiscated. Contact with Jasmine and others was terminated"-- Film ending. Originally released: Teddy Bear Films, 2005. Special features: additional scenes (13 min.); promotional film for Lifeng Factory created by the filmmaker (6 min.); Q & A with the director (20 min.); photo gallery; trailer; study guide, links to activist organizations and other DVD-ROM materials.

Summary:

Examines the conditions of a factory in Shaxi, China, where mostly young women workers produce blue jeans for the western market in the age of globalization. Illuminates the economic pressures applied by Western companies and their human consequences.

ISBN:

9781594585289
1594585288

OCLC:

(OCoLC)122542322

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)