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.
Title | In The Shadow of Gold Mountain |
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Year | 2004 |
Genre | Documentary, History |
Country | Canada |
Studio | ONF | NFB, Vision TV |
Cast | Karen Cho |
Crew | Karen Cho (Director), Karen Cho (Writer), Michael Wees (Director of Photography), Nick Huard (Sound Recordist), Susan Shanks (Editor), Janet Lumb (Original Music Composer) |
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Release | Nov 07, 2004 |
Runtime | 43 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 0.00 / 10 by 0 users |
Popularity | 1 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | 广州话 / 廣州話, 普通话, English |