The Last Truck - Closing of a GM Plant: Direct Cinema, Obama's Trade Legacy and the Inefficiency of Capitalism

It's time for another Double Feature! This time we broke up the films into two separate episodes. In Part 1, we dive into Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar's Oscar nominated The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009). This documentary takes a Direct Cinema approach to...well the closing of a GM plant near Dayton, Ohio and what that means to the employees and the local economy. We also discuss the state of documentary films over the last few years on the Art House circuit, the boom of true crime docs on streaming platforms and the entire catalogue of Citizens United Productions. Join us for Part 2, when we will be taking a deep dive into Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar's Oscar winning American Factory (2019).