In The Shadow of Gold Mountain
MovieTitle | In The Shadow of Gold Mountain |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Nov 7, 2004 |
Genre | Documentary, History |
Director | Karen Cho |
Production country | Canada |
Production companies | ONF | NFB, Vision TV |
Run time | 43 min. |
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.