Anthony B. Chan
Location Victoria The following coordinate was not recognized: Geocoding failed.The following coordinate was not recognized: Geocoding failed. Arts Film Documentary Media Arts Person Prominent
Published books
| Title | Extended title | Year of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Linking African American Ghettos and Chinatowns in 19th Century America | Linking African American Ghettos and Chinatowns in 19th Century America-Implications for Criminological Theory | 2010 |
Films
| Title | Description | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese Cafes in Rural Saskatchewan | A film profile of four Chinese cafe owners and their families living and flourishing in Outlook, Humboldt, and Eston, Saskatchewan. It looks at the role of women and sexism, historical and contemporary racism, business acumen, civic spirit and neighborhood relations. Includes a segment on Wayne Mah, the prairie’s only Chinese Canadian mayor in 1985. Rare still photos of early Chinese in Canada. http://gingerpost.com/ (3) | 1985 |
| The Panama | Chronicling the Chan family of Victoria, B.C. One of the oldest Chinese families in Victoria, they owned and operated several restaurants, ending with the Panama Cafe on Government Street from around 1930 until 1967. Chan Dun, at the age of seventeen, landed in Victoria in the 1893, and his family of eight sons and four daughters lived & worked at the Panama Cafe, a western-style eatery catering to the working class of the city. It survived the depression and the war years (even when several sons left for military service). But in the 1960s when fast-food competition in the city became too great, they closed their doors. The film includes many rare black and white photos of early Victoria. | 1996 |
An accomplished journalist, filmmaker, scholar, writer, and academic leader, Anthony B. Chan is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was born and raised in Victoria, B.C.
Before entering academic life, Tony Chan was a Senior Producer and a television journalist for the English language division of Television Broadcasts Ltd., Hong Kong where he anchored Focus, a 30 minutes public affairs show and produced many documentaries. Chan also worked as a television reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina and Calgary.
His independent films include a four part series on Asian Americans and Vietnam: Lily Goes Home (2007), The Insanity of it All (2002), Sweet Heat (1998), and American Nurse (1992).The latter was shown at film festivals in Hiroshima, New York, Olympia and aired on PBS, KCTS-TV in Seattle. He has also produced The Panama (1996), Another Day in America (1989) profiling Japanese American women artists and jazz musicians and Chinese Cafes in Rural Saskatchewan (1985).