“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...
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