See everything, hear everything
Watch 60 films, 170 excerpts and over 80 archival artefacts selected by NFB specialists as part of this unique project.
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Excerpts from NFB films
The Third Heaven
[1998]
The heritage of Chinese contributions to Vancouver, B.C. and Canada is discussed by...
From Harling Point
[2003]
Two Chinese Canadian women, Edna Chow and Charlayne Thornton-Joe, discuss their...
From Harling Point
[2003]
Growing up a Chinese Canadian, Charlayne Thornton-Joe felt she was unpopular...
Bamboo, Lions and Dragons
[1981]
Many Chinese people immigrated to Canada during the nineteenth century to escape...
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Entire NFB Films
Bamboo, Lions and Dragons
[1981]
Two families, the Changs and the Lims, tell the story of the Chinese community in...
The Third Heaven
[1998]
The massive immigration of Hong Kong Chinese has reshaped the face of Vancouver....
No Time to Stop
[1990]
Kwai Fong Lai is from Hong Kong, Alberta Onyejekwe from Ghana, and Angela Williams...
From Harling Point
[2003]
Traditional Chinese belief says that the soul of a person who dies in a foreign...
Photographs
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain
[2004]
In 1885 thousands of Chinese men were laid off after the last spike was struck at...
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain
[2004]
In 1947, Alexander Won Cum Yow cast the first vote by a Chinese Canadian marking the...
Chinese Canadian children watching a NFB film,1945.
[1945]
After World War II, documentary film continued to be used as a tool to inform and...
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain
[2004]
Between 1881 and 1884, over 10,000 Chinese labourers came to Canada to complete the...