NRPL Film Series: MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE MARATHON II

Join New Rochelle librarian and film historian Chris Poggiali, co-author of These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World, for a thrilling day of action-packed martial arts movies, beginning with Michelle Yeoh’s explosive film debut, YES, MADAM! Chris will introduce the films and lead a post-screening discussion.

Registration requested. 

11:30 am – YES, MADAM! (1985)

Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh (Best Actress, Everything Everywhere All at Once) stars as a police inspector paired with a Scotland Yard detective (Cynthia Rothrock) investigating the murder of a special agent from London who was targeted by a Hong Kong crime syndicate.

Starring Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock

1:15 pm – DON’T BLEED ON ME (1977)

Wall-to-wall weirdness as a young woman learns 10 strange fighting styles detailed in a kung fu textbook, which was stolen from the Shaolin temple by 10 men who have taught themselves one style each and await her challenge.

Starring Polly Shang Kuan 

3:10 pm – ONE ARMED AGAINST NINE KILLERS (1976)

Non-stop action as a one-armed kung fu expert hunts down the assassins that killed his family.

Starring Jimmy Wang Yu