Karen shares her experience as a documentary filmmaker and her first film titled, “In the Shadows of Gold Mountain.” As a biracial woman, she notes the intersections of her identity and how she has arrived as a socially just filmmaker. She talks about the importance of knowing the history and being involved in present-day activism to dismantle systemic racism and oppression.
Karen Cho is a filmmaker of mixed heritage known for her socially-engaged documentaries, TV and web series. Karen’s work has touched on subjects like the Chinese Head Tax, refugees, women’s rights, Indigenous health, Japanese Canadian Internment, 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. Karen is currently working on a film about endangered Chinatowns in North America with documentary production company EyeSteelFilm.
