“I’m in awe of TV writers,” says ‘Coolie’ director Arvin Chen; Taiwanese-American filmmaker highlights shift from romance to multicultural stories Taiwanese-American director, Arvin Chen, isn’t thinking of his recent shift from film to TV as anything like...
by: Patrick Frater Arvin Chen (“Love in Taipei,” “Mama Boy”, episodes of “Pachinko”) is to direct “Coolie,” a limited series featuring enslaved Chinese workers in 19th century Cuba. The eight-part series is the first to emerge from Cathay Film Company, a recent...
Cuban star Mario Cimarro and Hong Kong actress Nina Paw Hee-Ching are joining the cast of historical scripted drama series Coolie, produced by Meileen Choo’s Singapore-based Cathay Film Company. Inspired by the little-known history of enslaved Chinese “coolies” in...
The cuban actress Camila Arteche he asked his followers to “not panic” with the global pandemic of coronavirus and try to take advantage of the good thing about this situation, as they follow the indications of the authorities. “I already know that these are difficult...
Loosely based on the remarkable story of a Cuban radio ham and a stranded cosmonaut, Ernesto Daranas’ globe-spanning follow-up to ‘Behavior’ took best script honors at the recent Havana Film Festival of New York. Four years on, Cuban director Ernesto...
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