

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.
In The Shadow of Gold Mountain is also available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Amazon Video.
In The Shadow of Gold Mountain was directed by Karen Cho.
In The Shadow of Gold Mountain runs for 43min, and was released in 2004.
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