Factory Boy
Fang Liang • 2014
In 1978 Deng Xiaoping set up Shenzhen as a Special Economic Zone in China, and this decision led to the rapid development of Guangdong economy. Numerous factories have been established, millions of people are attracted because of gold rush. Over 30 years later, young people who were away from their home have already stepped in the midlife.Guangdong has become a representative of job hunting and has been drawing a newly young generation who has faith and uncertainty to the future. This video revolves around three working-class boys who are the 90s generation.
CAST & CREW
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Fang Liang
Director
“Factory Boys” was filmed in 2013. At that time, I was also a post-90s who was in my second year of college. I had a passion for shooting something. I subconsciously pointed the camera at the three factories in the factory and faced the confusion of the future. The young people born in the 90s are trying to pry into the mental outlook of the new generation of migrant workers from their confusion and anxiety.At that time, the Guangdong factories had not yet begun to shift. No one could expect that in a few years, their anxiety is not just about staying in this city or breaking a road. The world situation is unpredictable, and they will always be on the cusp.