With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory
With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory

With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory

April 25, 2009 | 78 min

In 2007, unable to compete with cheaper offshore production, Hooker Furniture Co. closed its plant in Martinsville, Virginia, after 83 years in operation. With These Hands follows the last load of wood down the assembly line as it is cut, honed, and assembled into fine furniture. Along the way, employees at the factory share their perspectives on work, community, and survival in a country devastated by de-industrialization and outsourcing.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Clyde Hooker, Jr.

Naomi Scott

Paul Toms

Naomi Scott

Lane Nunley

Naomi Scott

William Stanley

Naomi Scott

Toni Jamieson

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