FromNationalGeographicDocumentaryFilms,AcademyAward-winningdirectorCynthiaWade,award-winningdirectorSharonLieseandexecutiveproducerGiannisAntetokounmpo,THEFLAGMAKERSposesoneoftoday’smostpressingquestions:whoistheAmericanflagfor?Employee-ownedEderFlaginOakCreek,Wisconsin,sewsandshipsfivemillionAmericanflagsayear.Theflagmakers—locals,immigrantsandrefugees—stitchstarsandstripesastheywrestlewithidentityandbelonging.SewingmanagerRadica,aSerbianimmigrant,believeseveryflaghasasoul.Ali,awarsurvivorfromIraq,islearninghowtouseasewingmachineafterarrivingintheUnitedStatesjust90daysprior.Midwestern-bornBarb’sgenuinefriendshipswithherimmigrantco-workersbelieherstaunchlyconservativebeliefs.SugarRay,aBlackmanbornandraisedinMilwaukee,reflectsonhiscomplicatedrelationshipwiththiscountry.Eachconsiders:WhatdoestheAmericanflagrepresentinachangingnationandworld,andforwhom?THEFLAGMAKERSisanintimateglimpseintothepeoplewhosehandsmakeAmerica’smostrecognizableicon.ExecutiveProducersCarolynBernstein,RyanHarrington,GiannisAntetokounmpo,MarkGordon,BenForkner,PamelaRyckman,SylviaGolden,JennaSegal,JayneSherman,DeborahC.vanEck
