In The Shadow of Gold Mountain

Movie · Documentary · History

Karen Cho's film, In the Shadow of Gold Mountain, takes her from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last living survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act. This dark chapter in Canadian history, from 1885 until 1947, plunged the Chinese community in Canada into decades of debt and family separation.

2004 · 43m

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In The Shadow of Gold Mountain

Documentary

Karen Cho's film, In the Shadow of Gold Mountain, takes her from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last living survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act. This dark chapter in Canadian history, from 1885 until 1947, plunged the Chinese community in Canada into decades of debt and family separation.

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Studio
National Film Board of Canada
Released
2004
Run Time
43 min

Languages

Audio

English (Canada)

Subtitles

English (United States) (SDH)