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China Blue

Document number
1563
Date
2005
Title
China Blue
Author/publisher
Micha X. Peled
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Multimedia,
Keywords
Documentary, Labour exploitation, Domestic labour, Slavery-like practices; Agricultural labour; Forced labour, Slavery,
Summary
China Blue takes us inside a blue-jeans factory, where Jasmine and her friends 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. 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. Winner of the Amnesty International DOEN Award, this documentary is an eye-opener. It shows that minimum wage, unions and fair trade are an absolute must!
watch on : https://www.idfa.nl/nl/film/c6fa5e0c-adb2-4d4f-990e-7b30d2e3e576/china-blue/docschool
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