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Films Project

This project is a response to interests from professors,teachers, writers, cultural workers, institutions, academic departments in Canada and China. If you are a film maker, you are welcome to contribute your own profile page. The intent is to provide a resource of author titles for educators, institutions, and academic departments in Canada and in China.

Films (about or by Chinese Canadians)

Ancestors in the Attic History Television Originally broadcast in 2006 as Episode 15 on History Television's "Ancestors in the Attic" series, this disk includes a "Chinese Puzzle" segment focusing on Wing On, born in Victoria in 1884.

Chinese Restaurants, Kwan, Cheuk, director,

This set of films explores the lives and stories of families in many countries who own Chinese restaurants. Disc 3 includes a Canadian story, that of Jim Cook who ran the New Outlook Café in Saskatchewan for 40 years.

Comrade Dad, Lee, Karen, director,

Karen Lee tells the story of her father Wally Lee and the communist bookstore that he ran on Vancouver's Skid Row from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.

From Harling Point,National Film Board of Canada,

Explores the story of Victoria's Chinese cemetery, established in 1902 and now a National Historic Site. Also includes interviews two inter-generational Chinese women, Charlayne Thornton-Joe and Edna Chow. Generations.

The Chan Legacy, CBC Learning This episode of CBC's "Generations" series profiles the Chan family, whose Canadian roots go back seven generations, beginning with the Reverend Chan Yu Tan and his wife, who came to Canada in 1896 to "spread the gospel."

Heroes Remember,Ying Xiong De Hui Yi, Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society,

Produced by the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society, this DVD is based on 24 interviews with Chinese-Canadian war veterans and their relatives in Canadian cities.

I am the Canadian Delegate, Lowe, Wesley, director,

A documentary film about Douglas Jung (1924-2002), a World War II veteran and the first Chinese-Canadian member of the House of Commons.

In the Shadow of Gold Mountain, Cho, Karen, director,

Karen Cho, a fifth-generation Canadian of mixed heritage travels from Montreal to Vancouver to gather the testimonials of the last living survivors of the notorious Chinese Head Tax and Chinese Immigration Act.

Return Home, Wong, Michele, director,

A first-generation Chinese-Canadian filmmaker, Michelle Wong, visits her aged grandparents in St. Paul, Alberta, journeying with them into the past to document their lives.

Under the Willow Tree: Pioneer Chinese Women in Canada, Nipp, Dora, director,

Recollections of seven Chinese women who grew up in Canada in the first half of the 20th century.

Wayson Choy: Unfolding the Butterfly (Secrets & Memories), Glassbourg, Michael, director,

A documentary about the life of writer and activist Wayson Choy. Choy recalls his childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown and reads from his autobiography Paper Shadows and novel, The Jade Peony.