The Jeweled Bird: A Fight for Freedom in the Shadows of Chinatown

Production Details

Title: The Jeweled Bird

Format: Feature Film

Production Begins: Active Development

Filming Location: Seattle, WA

Producer: Suzy Sachs

Writer/Director: Carol Lee Hall

PM: Jon Brekke

DP: VanNessa Manlunas

Synopsis: A young Chinese woman is sold by her father to pay off his gambling debt. She travels to America in the hope of finding the American dream but instead is on the auction block and sold into slavery. Ten years later as the brothel madam, she tries to save her young daughter from a life of prostitution by stealing her away to a mission house and joins her nemesis to rescue girls and bring down the most powerful man in 1900’s Chinatown sex trade.

Production Companies

Blue Carp Productions

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Jeweled Bird Pictures, INC

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Note: This production is currently in active development.

About The Jeweled Bird

The Jeweled Bird tells the story of a young Chinese woman whose life takes a tragic turn when she is sold by her father to settle gambling debts. Arriving in America with dreams of a better life, she finds herself trapped in a world of exploitation and despair, ultimately ending up on the auction block. After ten years, she becomes a brothel madam, determined to rescue her daughter from a similar fate. In her quest, she collaborates with a former adversary to dismantle the powerful forces controlling the sex trade in early 1900s Chinatown. This narrative explores themes of resilience, motherly love, and the fight against oppression.