MONKEY DANCE  |  Monkey-Dance.com

Tuesday, September 23 @ 7:30pm
The Luna Theater at Mill No. 5  |  250 Jackson Street

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Join MRT for a film screening of Julie Mallozzi's 2004 documentary Monkey Dance which follows three Cambodian-American teens in Lowell's Angkor Dance Troupe. Tickets are free, but space is limited and reservations are recommended!

About the Film: Monkey Dance is a documentary film about three teens and their coming of age in Lowell. Children of Cambodian refugees, they inhabit a tough, working class world shadowed by their parents' nightmares of the Khmer Rouge. Traditional Cambodian dance links them to their parents' culture, but fast cars, hip consumerism, and good times often pull harder. For the parents, Lowell held the hope of safety, employment, and a chance to finally rebuild some of what was shattered by the Khmer Rouge. But for their children, the city offers a dizzying array of choices - many of them risky. Monkey Dance is the story of how three kids navigate the confusing landscape of urban adolescence and ultimately start to make good on their parents' dreams.

STILL I STRIVE  |  StillIStrive.com

Tuesday, September 30 @ 7:30pm
The Luna Theater at Mill No. 5  |  250 Jackson Street
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MRT's second film screening will be James Lee and Adam Pfleghaar's film Still I Strive which blends dance and documentary footage to tell the true story of a Cambodian orphanage transformed by the arts. Tickets are free, but space is limited and reservations are recommended!

There will be a brief introduction by Dr. Teri Tan, PhD, Missions Coordinator of the Cambodian Health Professionals Associations of America (CHPAA), and Ambassador of the movie Still I Strive. A reception will follow the screening.

About the Film: At one orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the performing arts are the path to healing and transformation. Guided by their matriarch Peng Phan, a renowned actress in her own right, the children aspire to achieve one of the highest honors in Cambodian society, to perform in front of Princess Bopha Devi as a symbol of their culture and heritage.