Filmmaker Greg Spotts Poised to Join the Nation's Jobs Debate with Labor Day Release of 'American Jobs' Documentary

U.S. Newswire › August 09, 2004

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the presidential candidates scramble to spin last Friday's alarming monthly employment numbers, first-time filmmaker Greg Spotts is preparing a very different interpretation of the state of the American Economy. Having visited the homes of dozens of recently laid-off American workers, Spotts is now convinced that the economy is undergoing structural rather than cyclical change.

"While our politicians argue about the relative strength of the recovery, thousands of Americans are losing their jobs to low-wage foreign competition, and these jobs are never coming back," explains Spotts.

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Filmmaker Greg Spotts Poised to Join the Nation's Jobs Debate with Labor Day Release of 'American Jobs' Documentary

While "American Jobs" follows in the footsteps of recent direct- to-DVD political documentaries like "Outfoxed," Spotts' film was entirely self-funded, and represents a nonpartisan and fiercely independent poi...

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