Tricks on the Dead 潛龍之殤
An Epic Film about Chinese Laborers Shipped Across Canada to WW I in Europe
Showtime: November 28, 2018 – 7:00PM
Cinema: ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 5Y4
100 min.
Directed by: Jordan Paterson
Starring: Bradley Duffy, Mackenzie Gray, Steve James, Zhang Yan
Screenwriter Jordan Paterson, Natasha Damiano
Cinematography Jordan Paterson, Norm Li, CSC
Not Rated. No gratuitous violence, no nudity or profanity
In Chinese and English with English subtitles.
An award winning film documenting the forgotten story of a group of Chinese peasants who were sent to a war they didn’t understand.
The First World War erupted in 1914. By 1916 Allied powers had suffered devastating casualties. As a result British, French and Chinese governments formed an agreement to send almost 140,000 Chinese laborers to the battlefields of Europe. 85,000 of these men were locked in CPR train cars and shipped in miserable conditions across Canada at a time when Canada was imposing a head tax on Chinese to prevent them from immigrating to Canada.
Using unseen archive footage, interviews, and visually rich re-enactments the film follows Zhang Yan as he searches to restore the collective memory of those in China and around the world who have largely forgotten about the 140,000 men who made this journey 100 years ago.
‘History is nothing but a pack of tricks we play on the dead.’ – Voltaire
PRESS REVIEWS
The Globe and Mail: “Tricks on the Dead: Docudrama uncovers role of Chinese labourers in WWI”
Vancouver Observer: “Vancouver filmmaker premiers “Tricks on the Dead,” an epic film about WWI’s Chinese labourers”
Richmond News: “Award-winning Richmond director brings story of Chinese labourers to life”
Geist: “VIFF 2015: ‘Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI’”
The Ubyssey: “VIFF review: Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI”
Canada-China Friendship Society of Ottawa
The Canada-China Friendship Society of Ottawa (CCFS-O) helps Canadians learn more about China and understand it better. Its main activity is holding monthly public meetings featuring speakers on China’s past, its present, its challenges and how it deals with its challenges.
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An Epic Film about Chinese Laborers Shipped Across Canada to WW I in Europe
Showtime: November 28, 2018 – 7:00PM
Cinema: ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 5Y4
100 min.
Directed by: Jordan Paterson
Starring: Bradley Duffy, Mackenzie Gray, Steve James, Zhang Yan
Screenwriter Jordan Paterson, Natasha Damiano
Cinematography Jordan Paterson, Norm Li, CSC
Not Rated. No gratuitous violence, no nudity or profanity
In Chinese and English with English subtitles.
An award winning film documenting the forgotten story of a group of Chinese peasants who were sent to a war they didn’t understand.
The First World War erupted in 1914. By 1916 Allied powers had suffered devastating casualties. As a result British, French and Chinese governments formed an agreement to send almost 140,000 Chinese laborers to the battlefields of Europe. 85,000 of these men were locked in CPR train cars and shipped in miserable conditions across Canada at a time when Canada was imposing a head tax on Chinese to prevent them from immigrating to Canada.
Using unseen archive footage, interviews, and visually rich re-enactments the film follows Zhang Yan as he searches to restore the collective memory of those in China and around the world who have largely forgotten about the 140,000 men who made this journey 100 years ago.
‘History is nothing but a pack of tricks we play on the dead.’ – Voltaire
PRESS REVIEWS
The Globe and Mail: “Tricks on the Dead: Docudrama uncovers role of Chinese labourers in WWI”
Vancouver Observer: “Vancouver filmmaker premiers “Tricks on the Dead,” an epic film about WWI’s Chinese labourers”
Richmond News: “Award-winning Richmond director brings story of Chinese labourers to life”
Geist: “VIFF 2015: ‘Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI’”
The Ubyssey: “VIFF review: Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI”
Canada-China Friendship Society of Ottawa
The Canada-China Friendship Society of Ottawa (CCFS-O) helps Canadians learn more about China and understand it better. Its main activity is holding monthly public meetings featuring speakers on China’s past, its present, its challenges and how it deals with its challenges.
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