After 40 years of running their community arts space The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a pair of celebrity performance artists from China come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street, catapulting big changes in their small town.
Direction
Wang's unhurried camera lets scenes breathe like theater.
Acting
Tyne Daly's quiet resolve anchors every frame.
Writing
Dialogue that trusts audiences to keep up.
Director
Patrick Wang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wang deliberately mirrors the Bread Factory's struggle: his films are too long, too theatrical, too patient for mainstream distribution—making this meta-commentary on its own existence.
The film was shot in an actual abandoned bread factory in Hudson, New York, with many locals playing versions of themselves.
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