American Factory vs Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler

Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for American Factory). Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 50m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2019). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

American Factory posterAmerican Factory2019 VS Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler posterJascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler2011
American FactoryJascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year20192011
Length1h 50m1h 27m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorJulia Reichert, Steven BognarPeter Rosen
Main castJunming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows, John Gauthier, Rob HaerrItzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz

Synopsis

American Factory

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler

Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. Jascha Heifetz was the first truly modern virtuoso, a man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, 'When I spoke with him, I can't believe, I'm talking to God'. Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. The paradox of how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts - gifts he must honor, but which extract a life-long price. Is the man…

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