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.

After a drug dealer is left for dead by Chinese kingpins, he’s taken in by Master Tsai and Master Chang, who teach him the art of Kung Fu.