Set in a mining town in the 1880s, Thousand Pieces of Gold is based on the classic novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn with a screenplay by award-winning filmmaker Anne Makepeace (Tribal Justice). Upon its release in 1990, the film won immediate acclaim for its portrayal of the real-life story of Lalu (Rosalind Chao), a young Chinese woman whose desperately poor parents sell her into slavery. She is trafficked to a nefarious saloonkeeper in Idaho's gold country. Eventually Charlie (Chris Cooper), a man of different ilk, wins her in a poker game and slowly gains her trust. Way ahead of its time, the film resonates even more powerfully today in the era of #MeToo.

GENRE: Romance, Western
MPAA RATING: PG-13
RUN TIME: 1h 45m
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 1969
STARRING: Beth Broderick, Kim Chan, Michael Paul Chan, Rosalind Chao, George Cheung
DIRECTOR(S): Nancy Kelly
PRODUCER(S): Nancy Kelly, Kenji Yamamoto
WRITER(S): Ruthanne Lum McCunn, Anne Makepeace
STUDIO: Kino Lorber Films
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