Karen Cho
Online cinema
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- Documentaire
- 88 min
- anglais
- 2022
Filmography
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- Documentaire
- 88 min
- anglais
- 2022
Haute tension à Chinatown est une histoire de résistance et de résilience communautaires. Avec pour toile de fond la pandémie de COVID et une montée sans précédent du racisme anti-asiatique,… Main theme: Luttes sociales, Secondary theme(s): Société, Urbanisation.Prix : Prix du public - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM)
Prix du Jury des détenues - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM)
Diffusion : Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) - Canada
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival - Canada
FascinAsian Film Festival - Canada
DOC NYC - États-Unis
Asian American International Film Festival - États-Unis
BIG SKY Documentary Film Festival, Missoula - États-Unis
Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival - États-Unis
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - États-Unis
CAAMFEST - États-Unis
BIOGRAPHY
Karen Cho (曹嘉伦) is a Chinese-Canadian filmmaker known for her socio-political documentaries. Karen’s first film In the Shadow of Gold Mountain (2004) explored the legacy of the Chinese Head Tax, Exclusion Act and redress movement. Karen’s other films include the Gemini-Nominated Seeking Refuge (2009) a film on refugees in Canada and Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada (2012) that won Best Documentary at the Whistler Film Festival and launched in over 67 community screenings across the country. Karen’s TV work has touched on subjects like Indigenous health and wellness, Japanese Canadian internment, Quebecois cuisine, Vancouver’s downtown east side, and artist activists around the world. In 2018 Karen was nominated for a Best Directing Canadian Screen Award for her work on CBC’s Interrupt This Program.
AREAS OF ACTIVITY- Documentaire
- Long métrage
- Film, Télévision