Directed by Nancy Kelly • Western • 1991 • US • English
Starring Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Michael Paul Chan

Set in a mining town in the 1880s, Nancy Kelly's feminist Western "Thousand Pieces of Gold" won immediate acclaim for its portrayal of the real-life story of Lalu (Rosalind Chao), a young Chinese woman who fought for independence and freedom in the Wild West after her desperately poor parents sold her into slavery.