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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Release Date | 2004-11-07 |
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Genres | Documentary History |
Production Companies | ONF | NFB, Vision TV |
Production Countries | Canada |