CHINA BLUE (12A)
Dir: Micha Peled USA, 2005, 93 mins, Col

China Blue, the latest film to win the Amnesty International Award, is a hard-hitting and touching film which shines a light on the inhumane working conditions endured by denim manufacturers in Southern China. The Western buyers bargain with the factory owner for impossibly low costs and absurdly tight deadlines for their designer jeans. They either don’t realise, or don’t care, that a factory which paid minimum wage and allowed its workers sufficient rest would price itself out of competition.

Micha Peled’s film brings a very human face to the effects of globalisation, centring on Jasmine, a 16-year-old, who leaves her family to go and live and work in the factory. She and her determined friends endure the hardships as best they can, dreaming of better things to come, or even one day, of simply being able to visit their families again.

The Filmhouse screening on the 14th will be followed by a Q&A with the director, web-streamed live from Amsterdam



Edinburgh Filmhouse 14 Sept
Timespan, Sutherland 27 Sept
DCA, Dundee 26th, 29th & 30th Sept
RBC Film Theatre, Dumfries 27th Sept
Human Rights Action Centre, London 28th Sept
Glasgow Film Theatre 12th & 13th Oct