Film | “Thousand Pieces of Gold” (1990)

Based on Ruthanne Lum McCunn’s novel of the same name, this film tells the real-life story of Lalu, a young Chinese woman whose desperately poor parents sell her into slavery. Trafficked to a nefarious saloonkeeper in Idaho’s gold country in the 1880s, Lalu is determined to reclaim her freedom.

Join us for a talkback after the film. PG-13; 105 min.

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