Comparable to Michael Moore’s documentary portraits, The New God is Tsuchiya Yutaka’s dogged attempt to understand Japanese youth culture and its discontents towards the end of the big capitalist 20th century.
Filmmakers no less legendary than King Hu and John Woo dreamed of making movies about the 19th-century Chinese diaspora to the American West. Nancy Kelly’s adaptation of Ruthanne Lum McCunn’s novel tells the story of Lalu (Chao), a Chinese woman sold by her family into servitude, until an unexpected love interest (Cooper) buys her freedom playing poker. Kelly, who herself worked as a ranch hand, earned comparisons to John Ford and George Stevens with this film, a rare historical drama that’s sensitive and sweeping but never naive about racism or political mores.
UPCOMING Screenings
RUNNING TIME
105min
VENUE
FORMAT
DCP
TICKET INFORMATION
General Admission: $16
Members: $8
Please note: A $1.50 processing fee per ticket will be added to your order
Leadership support for
BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:
Leadership support for
BAM Access Programs provided by
the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for
BAM programming provided by:
Leadership support for
BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:
Leadership support for
BAM Film provided by
The Thompson Family Foundation
Major support for programs in
the Lepercq Cinema is provided by
The Lepercq Charitable Foundation
RELATED CONTENT
-
Membership
BAM Membership
JoinGo to the movies just once a month and a BAM membership pays for itself.
-
