Acclaimed documentary “Death by China” opens at Muvico Friday, March 22

Provocative new documentary by Director, Best-selling Author and Respected Economist Peter Navarro exposes destructive US-China Trade Relations

 

ROSEMONT, IL – More than 50,000 factories have been shuttered in the United States in the last decade.  More than 5 million manufacturing jobs have been lost and today more than 25 million Americans cannot find a decent job.  Anyone hoping to understand why the American economy continues to improve at such an anemic pace need look no further than China’s unfair trade practices, and at the multinational companies, including Apple, Boeing and Caterpillar, that export millions of American jobs to improve their bottom line.  That is the message of “Death by China”, a provocative new documentary feature film directed by Peter Navarro, a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at University of California, Irvine who holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

“Death by China” will open at Muvico, 9701 Bryn Mawr Ave., in Rosemont Friday, March 22 for a run of at least one week.

“My goal in creating the film is to draw attention to the urgent need for trade reform with China, and to ensure that it becomes a top priority for legislators,” commented director Peter Navarro.  “We hope to give the highest possible visibility to an issue that is all too often ignored by politicians, journalists and consumers alike – the incredibly corrosive loss of America’s once formidable manufacturing base to a cheating China.  The fact that our government has turned a blind eye to China’s deceitful policies has had an enormously negative impact on the American economy and the standard of living of millions of Americans.”

Through compelling interviews with voices across the political and economic spectrum, “Death by China” exposes just how badly the U.S.-China relationship is broken – and why it must be fixed if the world is going to be a place of peace and prosperity.  To Navarro, the success of the film will be measured by the ability of the public to spur politicians to finally recognize that “the best jobs program for America is trade reform with China – not more empty fiscal and monetary stimulus.

”Death by China” is narrated by Martin Sheen and features impassioned appearances by prominent politicians like Congressmen Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), labor leaders like AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka and Thea Lee, corporate leaders like Leo Hindery and Revere Copper’s Brian O’Shaunessy, astute China watchers like Forbes’ Gordon Chang and Canada’s Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Kilgour, and victims of Chinese oppression like Harry Wu, who spent 19 years of torture and isolation in China’s forced labor camps.

In conjunction with the screenings, a series of panel discussions and town hall-style meetings will be scheduled, including with Director Peter Navarro in attendance following the early evening showtimes on March 22 and 23.  A schedule of events will be released at a later date.

Peter Navarro’s work has appeared in Barron’s, Business Week, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review, among other publications.  He has appeared frequently on Bloomberg TV and radio, CNN, National Public Radio, and all three major network news shows. He is a regular CNBC contributor and has appeared on 60 Minutes. He often produces investment videos for thestreet.com.

For more information on “DEATH BY CHINA,” please visit http://www.deathbychina.com/. “Death by China” is distributed by Area23a.

About Area23a
Distributor
 
Area23a is a bi-coastal, independently owned “event” based theatrical distribution company, co-founded by distribution specialists Richard Abramowitz and Kirt Eftekhar.
 
The company focuses on event driven films, providing value-added distribution through alternative ways to reach audiences across the country, releasing films in convention and community centers, night clubs, casinos, libraries, museums, and college campuses, in addition to traditional venues like theaters, cinematheques and festivals.
 
Area23a distributes award-winning films such as Dan Sturman and Bill Guttentag’s “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” Michael Paul Stephenson’s “Best Worst Movie,” Gerardine Wurzburg’s “Wretches” and “Jabberers,” Adrian Grenier’s “Teenage Paparazzo,” Chris Paine’s “Revenge of the Electric Car” and Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez’s “Burn.”