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Jinyan Zeng

Postdoctoral fellow

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We the Workers (CN, EN, FR, IT & ES)

Director

  • Wenhai Huang

Other contributions

  • Jinyan Zeng

Summary, in English

Shot over a six-year period (2009-15) mainly in the industrial heartland of south China, a major hub in the global supply chain, this film follows labor activists as they find common grounds with workers, helping them to negotiate with local officials and factory owners over wages and working conditions. Threats, attacks, detention and boredom become part of their daily lives as they struggle to strengthen worker solidarity in the face of threats and pressures from police and their employers. In the process, we see in their words and actions the emergence of a nascent working class consciousness and labor movement in China.

Publishing year

2017

Language

English

Document type

Artistic work

Publisher

International Film Festival Rotterdam

Topic

  • Studies on Film
  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • China
  • Documentary
  • Labour activism

Status

Published