A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold

2022 • 122 minutes

About this movie

Forty years ago, Dorothea and Greta moved to the town of Checkford and bought an abandoned bread factory. They transformed it into an arts space. Here they host movies, plays, dance, exhibits. All types of artists visit. It's where civic groups and immigrant communities can meet, where there are after-school programs for children. Now, a celebrity couple of performance artists from China have come to Checkford. They've constructed a huge building, the FEEL Institute, down the street. It is a strange sight for a small town. Dorothea and Greta learn about a new proposal to give all the funding from the school system for their children's arts programs to the FEEL Institute. Without this funding, the Bread Factory would not survive. They quickly rally the community to save their space. The commercial forces behind the FEEL Institute fight also, bringing a young movie star to town to help make their case. The school board meeting turns into a circus where the fate of the Bread Factory hangs in the balance. "A major new work by a singular American artist" - Bilge Ebiri, New York Times, "This film is miraculous, and we are lucky to have it" - Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com.