Trailers 2017
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9TH ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL
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opening night film
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BRATTLE OPENING NIGHT TICKETS ONLY:
$18 Early Bird | $20 Online | $25 At the door *SOLD OUT*
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Thursday, October 19, 7:30PM
Brattle Theatre / Harvard Square
Directed by Po-Chih Leung
106 mins | USA | Narrative
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony (Clara) signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom (Godfrey Gao), an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss (Tzi Ma) seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
Starring: Godfrey Gao 高以翔, Clara Lee 클라라, Russell Wong, Tsai Chin, Brian Yang, Nina Wu, Chen Tang, Jamie Harris, with Mark Boone Junior and Tzi Ma
Screenplay by David Assael and Scott Rosenfelt
Based on the novel by: L.P. Leung
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Brattle Theatre / Harvard Square
Directed by Po-Chih Leung
106 mins | USA | Narrative
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony (Clara) signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom (Godfrey Gao), an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong Triad boss (Tzi Ma) seeking to extend his power into America, theirs is the tale of the first great Chinese immigration to the United States – a story of romance, bigotry, passion, food and a search for everlasting love – set against the largest mass lynching in American history, in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in 1871.
Starring: Godfrey Gao 高以翔, Clara Lee 클라라, Russell Wong, Tsai Chin, Brian Yang, Nina Wu, Chen Tang, Jamie Harris, with Mark Boone Junior and Tzi Ma
Screenplay by David Assael and Scott Rosenfelt
Based on the novel by: L.P. Leung
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limited time only
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*SOLD OUT*
shorts program
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DOCUMENTARY FILM
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RSVP IS NOW FULL
free panel
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documentary film
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shorts program
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Konrad Aderer is a Japanese American filmmaker whose documentaries have focused on immigrants affected by detention and deportation. His feature documentary Enemy Alien received a Courage in Media Award from CAIR and Pacific Asian Community Alliance Courage Award. His short Rising Up: The Alams screened internationally and in the U.S. at venues including BAM and MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight. Under his nonprofit multimedia project Life or Liberty (lifeorliberty.org), founded in 2002, his work has been supported by Center for Asian American Media, Open Society Institute, and NYSCA grants. Konrad holds a Master’s in Sociology from Brooklyn College.
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Centerpiece film
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*SOLD OUT*
DOCUMENTARY/live performance
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SHORTS PROGRAM
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narrative film
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Sunday, October 22, 5:30PM
ArtsEmerson Paramount Center / Downtown Crossing (559 Washington St) Directed by Justin Chon 95 mins | Korean-American Eli and Daniel are two Korean American brothers who own a struggling shoe store and have an unique and unlikely friendship with a young 11-year-old African American girl, Kamilla. The film is set during the first day of the LA riots forcing them to defend their store while contemplating the future of their own personal dreams and the meaning of family. |
Ticket Prices
Brattle Theatre
Opening Night Tickets: $18 Early Bird | $20 Online | $25 At the door
ArtsEmerson/Paramount Center
General Admission: $11
Seniors/Student Advance (max 2): $9.50
For group sales of 10 or more, please call 617-824-8400 or email tickets@artsemerson.org for more information.
Group tickets cannot be purchased online - just by phone or email.
RUSH TICKETS
Last-minute tickets – rush tickets – may be available just before show time when advance tickets have sold out. A rush line will form outside the venue usually one hour before show time. Approximately 10 minutes prior to screening, empty seats are counted and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis to those in line. Rush tickets will only be sold to those actually waiting in line. One rush ticket per person in the rush line, and there are no guarantees.
Opening Night Tickets: $18 Early Bird | $20 Online | $25 At the door
ArtsEmerson/Paramount Center
General Admission: $11
Seniors/Student Advance (max 2): $9.50
For group sales of 10 or more, please call 617-824-8400 or email tickets@artsemerson.org for more information.
Group tickets cannot be purchased online - just by phone or email.
RUSH TICKETS
Last-minute tickets – rush tickets – may be available just before show time when advance tickets have sold out. A rush line will form outside the venue usually one hour before show time. Approximately 10 minutes prior to screening, empty seats are counted and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis to those in line. Rush tickets will only be sold to those actually waiting in line. One rush ticket per person in the rush line, and there are no guarantees.
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