American Factory vs Yalla Habibi!
Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for American Factory). Yalla Habibi! is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 50m. American Factory is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| American Factory | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | Canada |
| Director | Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown, Dave Burrows, John Gauthier, Rob Haerr | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
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.
Yalla Habibi!
FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…
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