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The Tramp's New World

In 1948 the James Agee wrote a scenario for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin. Deeply disturbed by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Agee imagined New York destroyed. In the ruins, Chaplin's Little Tramp builds a shack in Central Park. Gradually a small community of the dispossessed grows up around him. For Agee, his story was a thought experiment about how one might start again in the aftermath of disaster, to go beyond capitalism and just how hard that is in the face of our modern technological world. The film focuses on his imaginative journey and what it might mean for us today.

Top Cast

  • Diana DeLaCruz

    Diana DeLaCruz

    Beatriz Valdes

  • Steven Rattazzi

    Steven Rattazzi

    James W. Fay

  • Alison Cimmet

    Alison Cimmet

    Lois Grenadine

  • Adebowale Adebiyi

    Adebowale Adebiyi

    Construction worker

  • Aaron Kingsley Adetola

    Aaron Kingsley Adetola

    Child

  • Manuel Cabrero

    Manuel Cabrero

    Subway rider

  • Eli Lehan Dew

    Eli Lehan Dew

    James Agee as a child

  • Steve Espinola

    Steve Espinola

    News photographer

  • Steve French

    Steve French

    Chaplin (voice)

Overview

In 1948 the James Agee wrote a scenario for his lifelong hero, Charlie Chaplin. Deeply disturbed by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Agee imagined New York destroyed. In the ruins, Chaplin's Little Tramp builds a shack in Central Park. Gradually a small community of the dispossessed grows up around him. For Agee, his story was a thought experiment about how one might start again in the aftermath of disaster, to go beyond capitalism and just how hard that is in the face of our modern technological world. The film focuses on his imaginative journey and what it might mean for us today.

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