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...
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Karen Cho | ... |
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Directed by
| Karen Cho | ||
Written by
| Karen Cho | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Sally Bochner | ... | executive producer |
| Tamara Lynch | ... | producer |
Music by
| Dino Giancola | ... | (original music composed by) |
| Janet Lumb | ... | (original music composed by) |
Cinematography by
| Michael Wees | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Susan Shanks | ||
Editorial Department
| Claude Cardinal | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Martine Forget | ... | digital editing technician |
| Denis Gathelier | ... | on-line editor |
| Ochelle Greenidge | ... | digital editing technician |
| Phyllis Lewis | ... | digital editing technician |
| Chaz Oliver | ... | digital editing technician (as Chaszetta Oliver) |
| Denis Pilon | ... | on-line editor |
| Danielle Raymond | ... | digital editing technician (as Daniele Raymond) |
Sound Department
| Henry Godding Jr. | ... | voice recording |
| Leopoldo Gutierrez | ... | sound editor |
| Nick Huard | ... | sound recordist |
| Geoffrey Mitchell | ... | sound re-recording |
Visual Effects by
| Serge Gaspard Gaudreau | ... | visual effects (as Gaspard Gaudreau) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Rosamond Norbury | ... | still photographer: Vancouver (as Rosamund Norbury) |
| Anthony Patmore | ... | still photographer: Montreal |
Additional Crew
| Timothy Chiu Man Chan | ... | translator |
| Serge Gaspard Gaudreau | ... | titles (as Gaspard Gaudreau) |
| Moira Keigher | ... | marketing manager |
| Nickie Merulla | ... | studio administrator |
| Khoba Sysavane | ... | production assistant |
| Marie Tonto-Donati | ... | studio administrator |
| Christine Williams | ... | studio clerk |
Production Companies
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
- CBC News (produced in association with)
- Vision TV (produced in association with)
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Other Companies
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB) (original music)
- Studio Place Royal (voice recording)
- Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) (acknowledgment)
- BBR Productions (thanks)
- BC Archives (archival materials)
- Barkerville Historic Town Archives (archival materials)
- CBC TV Archive Sales (archival materials)
- California History Room, California State Library (archival materials)
- Canadian Museum of Civilization (thanks)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (archival materials)
- Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society (thanks)
- Montreal Gazette (archival materials)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (archival materials)
- National Archives of Canada (archival materials)
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB) (archival materials)
- Productions Multi-Monde (archival materials)
- The Globe and Mail (archival materials)
- The Vancouver Sun (thanks)
- Toronto Star Newspapers (TSNL) (archival materials)
- University of British Columbia Library, Special Collections and University Archives Division (archival materials)
- University of California Press (archival materials: "Songs of Gold Mountain: Cantonese Rhymes from San Francisco Chinatown")
- Vancouver Public Library Special Collections (archival materials)
- Writers Guild of Canada (acknowledgment)
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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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