Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 7, 2004
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese, Chinese, English
- Countries
- Canada
- Cast
- Karen Cho
- Director
- Karen Cho
- Writer
- Karen Cho
- Producer
- Sally Bochner,Tamara Lynch
- Cinematography
- Michael Wees
- Music
- Janet Lumb,Dino Giancola
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb