The Guilt Free Cin. Club presents a screening of the gritty Shanghai classic musical, “Street Angel (馬路天使)” starring legendary Chinese songstress Zhou Xuan (周璇). Along with the film screening will be a special live musical performance by Lulu Galore DJ BO spinning Zhou Xuan vinyl, and a post-movie discussion.

“Street Angel” is a classic of Chinese cinema, depicting Shanghais underclass crowded together as a community within a city. Like much of Shanghai’s early filmography, it’s a dark movie, but because of Zhou Xuan’s Judy Garland-esque spirit and spirited support characters, this movie isn’t as soul crushing as some of its contemporaries. The movie is in Chinese with English subtitles.

Lulu Galore is a multi-faceted performer from Shanghai, and will be singing jazzy songs inspired by the movie.

The Guilt Free Cin. Club runs every other Tuesday and only screens “legit” movies: films that are in the public domain or we otherwise have permission to screen.