First Cow
- Sat, Dec 13
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Kelly Reichardt Run Time: 122 min. Release Year: 2020
Starring: Ewen Bremner, John Magaro, Orion Lee, Scott Shepherd, Toby Jones
Our series on Lost Films Of Covid is moving on to American auteur Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow, a small story with an enormous heart.
In the rough Oregon Territory of the 1820s, a skilled cook and a Chinese immigrant form an unlikely partnership — baking sweet cakes with stolen milk and daring to imagine a better life.
Shot with Reichardt’s signature patience and intimacy, First Cow finds poetry in the fleeting bonds of survival. Five years after theaters went quiet, it’s a reminder that history isn’t written by conquerors, but by those who share what little they have.
Thank you to our friends at Filmbot for their support in presenting this amazing series.