In The Shadow of Gold Mountain
- Media type
- Film
In The Shadow of Gold Mountain · In The Shadow of Gold Mountain · MOVIE
Documentary, History 2004
About this title
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.