Join us at the Luna Theater at Mill No. 5 for Julie Mallozzi’s 2004 documentary following three Cambodian-American teens in Lowell’s Angkor Dance Troupe.
Tickets are free, but space is limited and reservations are recommended. Make reservations online.
Monkey Dance is a documentary film about three teens coming of age in Lowell, Massachusetts. 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.
The Luna Theatre at Mill No. 5 is located at 250 Jackson St. in Lowell.
