Coolie
Coolie is a series that has completed production with Cathay Film Company attached. Arvin Chen (director), In-Ah Lee (producer) and Ed Buhr (producer) are attached. It was scheduled to shoot in Dominican Republic in December 2023. Production List last updated this listing on April 28, 2026.
Project Summary
In the mid-1800s, when the African slave trade was banned in the Americas, Cuban plantation owners began importing indentured Chinese laborers called "coolies." Wong, a young woman from southern China, marries a political exile working on a Cuban sugarcane plantation. Together with other laborers and African slaves, they strive for freedom. However, the plantation owner's spurned wife and her ex-lover conspire against them, potentially impacting Cuba's destiny.
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Cast & Crew
Directing
| Director | Arvin Chen |
Production
| Producer | In-Ah Lee |
| Producer | Ed Buhr |
| Producer | Meileen Choo |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
Working on Coolie
Coolie has finished principal photography. How productions hire crew · Working as an extra · Reaching the production office
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/coolie (last updated Apr 28, 2026).