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In The Shadow of Gold Mountain (2004)
Directed by Karen Cho
Documentary, History · 43m
Filmmaker Karen Cho travels from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, a set of laws imposed to single out the Chinese as unwanted immigrants to Canada from 1885 to 1947. Through a combination of history, poetry and raw emotion, this documentary sheds light on an era that shaped the identity of generations.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Karen Cho
- Writer
- Karen Cho
- Director of Photography
- Michael Wees
- Original Music Composer
- Janet Lumb, Dino Giancola
- Editor
- Susan Shanks
- Producer
- Tamara Lynch
Details
- Release date
- 2004-11-07
- Runtime
- 43m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese, Mandarin, English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB, Vision TV