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Coolie

Directed by Arvin Chen, Julian Acosta
Dominican Republic, Panama
2025
126 mins

Twenty-two-year-old Chulin, a poor orphaned Chinese girl, leaves the shores of Southern China and ventures thousands of miles across the oceans to Cuba as a promised bride to Chinese coolie Tung Ho. But once she arrives she finds that her expected fate is destined to change, as she overcomes many hurdles to eventually fall in love with her master, Don Leonardo Alejandro Ortega, the Cuban owner of a large sugar cane plantation – making the country her home and Ortega her heart and soul.

Miami Film Festival will screen the first three episodes of this new episodic series directed by Arvin Chen (Pachinko) and Julian Acosta, from esteemed producer Meileen Choo. 

Tickets

Sunday April 1212pm

Koubek Center

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  • Year
    2025
  • Country
    Dominican Republic, Panama
  • Language
    English
  • Premiere Status
    World Premiere
  • Director
    Arvin Chen, Julian Acosta
  • Producer
    Meileen Choo, In-ah Lee, Ed Buhr
  • Writer
    Meileen Choo, Deniz Yesilgün, Navid Shahzad
  • Cinematographer
    Gary Shaw
  • Editor
    Justin Guerrieri, Evita Yue Pu Zhou
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Theme
    Latine
  • Award
    Special Presentation

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