who have taken great risks to try to promote made in america and do it successfully. and also, what are the right policies we need from here in washington to make that renaissance possible. it is clear that the idea of made in america is back. it s clear that it s back. but we need the jobs. vincent, how did you go about finding these folks? these are small business people across america that have started from scratch. and really had to do it after losing their jobs, isn t it? , no it was definitely a task. we had a lot of stories. we had a great research team that found a lot of inspiring stories of people that are making things happen. we re making a lot of things here in this country there is no denial of that. and we focus on a small business, a medium-sized business, and then a large corporation. and by looking at those, we re able to give the viewer kind of an understanding of who is affected and how this affects them on a different level. if there is one thing in common amo
solutions and innovations in an economy that threatens their businesses. their families, and their way of life. you aren t just buying into the idea of working in a factory. you were buying into a piece of the american dream. knowing how to make things and making them here is critically important to the long-term health of our company, and i believe to this country. it s not just where a corporation is based that is important. it s where it actually produces things. the stories of americans producing goods made in the usa while successfully competing in the global market are profiled in a new documentary called american-made movie. and we are joined tonight by vincent vittorio. he is the director and producer of american made movie. and scott paul, president of the alliance for manufacturing, joins us tonight. vincent, what motivated you? what started this whole thing, and where is it right now? thank you so much for having us on, ed.