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With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory

With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory (2009)

April. 25,2009
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5.5
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In 2007, unable to compete with cheaper offshore production, Hooker Furniture Co. closed its plant in Martinsville, Virginia, after 83 years in operation. With These Hands follows the last load of wood down the assembly line as it is cut, honed, and assembled into fine furniture. Along the way, employees at the factory share their perspectives on work, community, and survival in a country devastated by de-industrialization and outsourcing.

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Exoticalot
2009/04/25

People are voting emotionally.

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Limerculer
2009/04/26

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

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CrawlerChunky
2009/04/27

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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SeeQuant
2009/04/28

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

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