
China Blue takes us inside a blue-jeans factory, where Jasmine and her friends are trying to survive a harsh working environment. 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. Shot clandestinely in China, under difficult conditions, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don't want us to see - how the clothes we buy a... (Full plot summary below)
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China Blue takes us inside a blue-jeans factory, where Jasmine and her friends are trying to survive a harsh working environment. 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. Shot clandestinely in China, under difficult conditions, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don't want us to see - how the clothes we buy are actually made.
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| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chasein the same category as Riis' "How the Other Half Lives" and other scathing exposes from America's own less than noble economic past. Patently angry, but never strident, this film is as intelligent as it is jarring |
| Denver Urban SpectrumKam WilliamsJust the latest in an invaluable string of eye-opening documentaries designed to make Westerners face the fact that their relatively high standard of living comes at the expense of impoverished, indigenous peoples of the Third World. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA heartbreaking and meticulous documentary about life inside a blue-jeans factory in China. |
| Film Journal InternationalEric MonderA must-see--if not by the average consumer, then by politicians and U.N. officials. |
| Seattle TimesJeff ShannonHeartbreaking yet boldly essential documentary. |
| culturevulture.netBeverly BerningGlobalization is here to stay, and it presents us with yet another set of problems that we must address. China Blue does not offer solutions, but it might help get us to stop ignoring the problems. It is the little elephant that roared. |
| Boston GlobeJanice PageA poignant, all-too-common tale of casual abuse in a workplace that is candidly labeled "better than most." |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoPeled was harassed at every turn by Chinese officials, but he managed to get this shocking film made. That's just one reason China Blue is worthy of praise. |
| New Zealand HeraldPeter CalderIt's a sobering assessment, rescued from being entirely depressing by the sunny, matter-of-fact disposition of Jasmine and her mates. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film does not benefit from the great power of contrast that was central to the superior Mardi Gras: Made in China, but it's crucial for its very methodical study of life inside a sweatshop. |