The Tramp's New World

62 mins
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.

Barrett Martin

James Agee

Diana DeLaCruz

Beatriz Valdes

Steven Rattazzi

James W. Fay

Alison Cimmet

Lois Grenadine

Adebowale Adebiyi

Construction worker

Manuel Cabrero

Subway rider

Eli Lehan Dew

James Agee as a child

Steve Espinola

News photographer

Steve French

Chaplin (voice)

Cameron Pow

George La Monte

Rebecca Rivera

Subway rider

Gunnar Theel

News cameraman

Stacey Maltin

Line Producer

Zoe Beloff

Director

Zoe Beloff

Producer

Eric Muzzy

Production Design

Zoe Beloff

Production Design

Anna Khromova

Sound Mixer

Joel Crane

Assistant Camera

Erika Munro

Costume Design

Eric Muzzy

Colorist

Eric Muzzy

Cinematography

Stacey Maltin

Assistant Director

Eric Muzzy

Art Direction

Zoe Beloff

Art Direction

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