Chow Dong Hoy: Portraits from the Frontier (2011)
Directed by Faith Moosang / Lynn Booth
Sub-Genres - Art History, Biography, Graphic & Applied Arts, Social History |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - Canada |
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Synopsis
Recalling the career of photographer Chow Dong Hoy, a Chinese immigrant to Canada who photographed Native Canadians and Caucasian settlers in their daily lives. Included: archival footage and excerpts from his memoirs.
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Aborigine, archival-footage, Canada, Chinese [nationality], frontier town, heritage, immigrant, perseverance, photographer, photography, retrospective