In The Shadow of Gold Mountain

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.

Discover

Karen Cho

Narrator

Art

Gaspard Gaudreau

Title Designer

Camera

Michael Wees

Director of Photography

Rosamond Norbury

Still Photographer

Anthony Patmore

Still Photographer

Crew

Directing

Karen Cho

Director

Editing

Denis Gathelier

Online Editor

Denis Pilon

Online Editor

Production

Sally Bochner

Executive Producer

Tamara Lynch

Producer

Nickie Merulla

Administration

Claude Cardinal

Post Production Coordinator

Khoba Sysavane

Production Assistant

Marie Tonto-Donati

Administration

Sound

Janet Lumb

Original Music Composer

Leopoldo Gutierrez

Sound Editor

Dino Giancola

Original Music Composer

Nick Huard

Sound Recordist

Sam Stone

Vocals

Geoffrey Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Aimee Lee

Vocals

Writing

Karen Cho

Writer