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China Blue

Jan 3, 2011
1h 26m
★ 5.8

"Usually I pay the workers all together about one dollar for a pair of jeans."

Overview

"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.

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