North China Factory

  • January 1980
  • 56mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Tony Ianzelo,

    Boyce Richardson,

    Barrie Howells,

    Starring

    Donald Sutherland,

    This documentary from 1980 depicts a factory community in China where over 6000 workers process, spin and weave raw cotton into 90 million yards of high-quality cloth per year. Also seen are the workers' residential, social, recreational and educational facilities, all located on factory property. The film presents an engrossing study of a lifestyle that is very different from that of the Western world.