Moving the Mountain (1993 film)

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Moving the Mountain
Directed by
Written byWilliam Ging Wee Dere
Produced byMalcolm Guy
CinematographySteven Griffiths
Edited byMeiyen Chan
Music byJanet Lumb
Running time
85 minutes
CountryCanada
Languages
  • English
  • Chinese

Moving the Mountain is a 1993 Canadian documentary film on the effects of the head tax and Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada. [1] The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1993 was co-directed by William Ging Wee Dere and Malcolm Guy, written by William G.W. Dere and produced by Productions Multi-Monde of Montreal.

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References

  1. Gittings, Christopher E. (2002). Canadian national cinema: ideology, difference and representation . Routledge. pp.  234–239. ISBN   978-0-415-14282-3.