Independent Lens "China Blue" | PBS

Shopping will never be the same...

Shot clandestinely at a blue jeans factory in southern China where 17-year-old Jasmine and her friends work around the clock for pennies a day, CHINA BLUE reveals what international retail companies don't want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made.

CHINA BLUE premieres Tuesday, April 3 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.

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http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/chinablue/

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[mrandie80]

A boycott won't do much good. The migration is already on it's way to the effect that the transition between agrarian to industrial production is probably irreversible. You'd just be creating ghettos and poverty. China should continue to grow but on fair terms. The clothing industry is growing mainly due to foreign direct investment. So demand fair wages and reasonable working hours from these corporations instead. Also support the emerging unions, still outlawed in China!

[Macleodking]

I CRIED WHILE WATCHING THIS FILM. AND TO THINK,

TWO OR THREE AMERICAN COMPANIES ARE THE CAUSE OF

THESE WORKERS' ANGUISH===MOST NOTABLY WAL-MART===THE POSTER CHILD FOR CORPORATE GREED.

NOT ONLY HAVE THEY RUINED SMALL=TOWN AMERICA, THEY'RE RUINING THE LIVES OF HELPLESS WORKERS ALL OVER THE GLOBE, WITH THEIR DEMAND FOR LOWER AND LOWER WHOLESALE PRICES FROM ALREADY

DRAINED FACTORY OWNERS!

THIS DOES "not" "MAKE ME PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!!!"

[silliepooh]

"we have missed a deadline, even if the workers work all night". it's not even if....THEY DID. the poor have always been the slaves while the upper management team bullied them endlessly.  i wouldn't be shock to see suicides and some mad reaction.

[LuvDaSumma]

china bad...> :l

[Morphixx]

This documentary makes me very sad...Not only because of working conditions and the emotional turmoil they endure. But because I feel there's nothing I can do to change it.

[wheelori814]

good little slaves! i think people need to watch "the story of your enslavement" so you can get a grip on whats going on EVERYWHERE! Even in america! Everywhere in the world this is happening.

[ayanuhito]

seems like a bit more relaxed

than strict korean and japanese

work places.

[lafkdjay]

Wally World buyer say: "WTF, you charge me 50c for a pair of jean? I WANT it made for 29c, STOP TRYING TO SCAM ME!"

Down goes worker's wages.

AND that's why Wally World stock is stuck between $50 and $55 for like 10 years.

[HumanRightsVideosT]

@Macleodking

There's no minimum wage in China and maximum working hours aren't enforced. So the communist party is also part of the problem as its happy for Chinese factory workers to be taken advantage of by anybody.

[sweettina2]

@Macleodking I agree. PBS just ran this doc again, I will never buy another pair of jeans or shop Walmart again.