Jinyan Zeng
Postdoctoral fellow
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