"China Blue" is an engrossing documentary that tells the story of 3 teenage girls who leave their rural homes in China to come work for a factory that makes blue jeans.
Direction
Peled smuggled cameras where no corporation wanted eyes.
Writing
No narrator preaching—just workers speaking truths.
Director
Micha X. Peled
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Micha X. Peled had to hide footage on multiple SD cards and smuggle them out past factory security during production.
The film premiered at SXSW but was banned from Chinese distribution; bootleg copies still circulate among labor activists there.
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