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In The Shadow of Gold Mountain

In The Shadow of Gold Mountain (2004)

November. 07,2004
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7.8
| History Documentary

In The Shadow of Gold Mountain

2004  / 0 hr 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.

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Karen Cho
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