Documentaries:
China Blue
A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.
88 minutes
Directed by Micha X. Peled
Produced by Teddy Bear Films
English with portuguese subt (possibility of using English subt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu5VG-pA8aE
CHINA BLUES:
Like no other film before, China Blue is a powerful and poignant journey into the harsh world of sweatshop workers. Shot clandestinely, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retailers don’t want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made.
Following a pair of denim jeans from birth to sale, China Blue links the power of the U.S. consumer market to the daily lives of a Chinese factory owner and two teenaged female factory workers. Filmed both in the factory and in the workers’ faraway village, this documentary provides a rare, human glimpse at China’s rapid transformation into a free market society.
China Blue is the second film in Micha X. Peled’s Globalization Trilogy. Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town focuses on consumption in the U.S., and China Blue investigates the manufacturing of the clothes we all consume. Bitter Seeds looks at the raw materials. It goes to India and follows the farmers growing the cotton exported to China’s garment factories to be used for the clothes sold in the West. Each film explores a deeper layer of the production-consumption chain.
Planned Obsolescence/environment/ “decrecimiento”…
* Planned obsolescence
Sometimes marketers deliberately introduce obsolescence into their product strategy, with the objective of generating long-term sales volume by reducing the time between repeat purchases. One example might be producing an appliance which is deliberately designed to wear out within five years of its purchase, pushing consumers to replace it within five years.
Part 1/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doZIaicuXgs
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gzx9Qd9zUQ&feature=related
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktPVUtFZIM&feature=related
Part 4/4
After watching this documentary (in several languages and with subtitles in Spanish ),we will start a debate about the different matters you can find in it.
The Stuff Story (with English and Chinesse subtitles)
CHINA BLUE (Documentary)
CHINA BLUE, a fascinating investigation of the denim industry in China that puts a very human face on globalization. [Director Micha X.] Peled introduces us to both the staff and the boss at the Lifeng Clothes Co. Ltd. where workers take the wage cuts so name brands can buy cheap (Source: Whyte 2005 np link).
http://www.followthethings.com/chinablue.shtml
