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A Decent Factory

Released Sep 25, 2004 1h 19m Documentary List
57% Tomatometer 7 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
As industrial production continues moving to countries with cheaper labor, some firms doing the "outsourcing" are trying to make sure their plants abroad are complying with safety regulations and that workers are treated fairly. One such corporation is Nokia, which in this documentary sends ethics experts to a site in China to investigate workers' conditions. What follows is as much an expose of a Chinese factory as a fascinating juxtaposition of Eastern and Western business practices.

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Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News Though it lacks a focus or greater artistic vision, Thomas Balms' no-frills documentary offers Westerners a valuable glimpse into the sweatshops of the new China. Rated: 2/4 Jul 1, 2005 Full Review Manohla Dargis New York Times Ethical capitalism may sound like an oxymoron to some, but that concept is a linchpin of this cursory, irritatingly facile look at the human cost of globalization. Rated: 1.5/5 Jun 29, 2005 Full Review Kyle Smith New York Post Unintentionally funny is still funny, and the documentary A Decent Factory, which opens with a misspelled quotation from Milton Friedman, had me giggling. Rated: 2/4 Jun 29, 2005 Full Review Prairie Miller Long Island Press Spotlights what definitely does not come with your Nokia cell phone: who assembled all those microscopic parts, in what country, and whether or not they were paid minimum wage. Mar 28, 2007 Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide This film exposes a more insidious kind of exploitation, one far more difficult to detect. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 1, 2005 Full Review Kent Turner Film-Forward.com What follows during an assembly plant inspection is a more specific expos on outsourcing in the developing world than last year's fact-filled The Corporation. Rated: '2.75/5' Jun 29, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis As industrial production continues moving to countries with cheaper labor, some firms doing the "outsourcing" are trying to make sure their plants abroad are complying with safety regulations and that workers are treated fairly. One such corporation is Nokia, which in this documentary sends ethics experts to a site in China to investigate workers' conditions. What follows is as much an expose of a Chinese factory as a fascinating juxtaposition of Eastern and Western business practices.
Director
Thomas Balmès
Producer
Thomas Balmès, Kaarle Aho
Screenwriter
Thomas Balmès
Production Co
TV2 Danmark, Yleisradio, Sveriges Television, Artline Films, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Making Movies Oy, France 2 (FR2), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 25, 2004, Original
Runtime
1h 19m