As Fantasia marks its 30th year as a haven for international genre cinema, it’s worth reflecting on the shift in media that made it possible.
Haidar grew up in Beirut before immigrating to Canada after high school. He studied music at UBC, McGill, and Yale.
滿地可電影製片人Karen Cho 將加拿大的唐人街視為具有多層含義的地方。 由於歧視性的人頭稅和排華立法，這些街區曾是華裔單身漢的避風港。經歷了150 多年的風雨洗禮，這些街區仍存在於包括溫哥華在內的一些城市裡。
In her documentary, Cho reveals how activists have taken on big players to preserve Chinatowns in Vancouver, Montreal, and New York City.
满地可电影制片人Karen Cho 将加拿大的唐人街视为具有多层含义的地方。 由于歧视性的人头税和排华立法，这些街区曾是华裔单身汉的避风港。经历了150 多年的风雨洗礼，这些街区仍存在于包括温哥华在内的一些城市里。
The Montreal-based Quach plays the guitar, erhu, dan bau, and quena, plus he speaks French, English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Vietamese.
Dear Jackie is writer-director Henri Pardo’s cinematic letter to baseball great Jackie Robinson and exploration of Montreal’s racist history.
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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