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The Story behind “American Factory” with oscar-nominated filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

The Story behind “American Factory” with oscar-nominated filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

Released Friday, 16th August 2019
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The Story behind “American Factory” with oscar-nominated filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

The Story behind “American Factory” with oscar-nominated filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

The Story behind “American Factory” with oscar-nominated filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

The Story behind “American Factory” with oscar-nominated filmmakers Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

Friday, 16th August 2019
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Culture in the Gem City is changing and Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert are documenting it on film. The region’s most acclaimed filmmakers will host the theatrical premiere of their latest work “American Factory” at the Victoria Theatre.Before that, they sat down for a chat with “What Had Happened Was” host Amelia Robinson. Julia and Steve, both groundbreaking artists in their own right, discuss American Factory, the Obamas, being wined and dined by Netflix, what brought them together as filmmakers and life partners and their very different upbringings. The public is invited to a free screening of Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert’s “American Factory” at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19 at the Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St. in downtown Dayton.Visit www.gofobo.com/AmericanFactoryGA for tickets.Indiewire.com called “American Factory” “an eye-popping look at the differences between American and Chinese workers” and a top contender for a 2020 Oscar.The award-winning film follows the creation of the Chinese-owned automotive glass-factory in the same building that had once housed a General Motors assembly operation in Moraine.Steve and Julia, a Yellow Springs couple together more than 30 years, received an Academy Award nomination in the “Best Documentary (short subject)” category for their 2009 HBO film “The Last Truck” about the closing of that very same GM plant in Moraine.Cox Media Group Ohio, including WHIO, Dayton Daily News and Dayton.com, has partnered with the Dayton Foundation in the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund. The fund allows individuals to make charitable contributions to help the families directly affected by this terrible tragedy. For more information about the Dayton Foundation, go to DaytonFoundation.org.

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