Micha X. Peled

Do You Know the Story Behind What You're Wearing?

Do You Know the Story Behind What You're Wearing?
Elizabeth Imber
April 2007

Those blue jeans you're wearing—ever wonder where they come from? It turns out Chinese teens your age are toiling on them an ocean away.

Israeli film director Micha X. Peled recently produced and directed the film China Blue, a real-life story of Jasmine, a 17-year-old factory worker in China. Jasmine labors long, grueling hours each day making blue jeans for American companies. She is paid very little and working conditions are harsh and dangerous. As Peled's film follows the lives of Jasmine and her friends, it sheds light not only on the reality of exploitation and slave labor, but on the humanity of the workers.



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