Karen Cho

Karen Cho is a Chinese-Canadian documentary filmmaker based in Montreal, Quebec. Her socio-political films focus on Chinese-Canadian history, feminism, refugee rights, and the fight against gentrification of Chinatowns across North America. Her credits include the 2004 National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentary In The Shadow Of Gold Mountain, documenting the effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada; the 2009 InformAction documentary Seeking Refuge; and the 2012 NFB documentary Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada, which was named best documentary at the Whistler Film Festival. Many of her films are political, featuring themes such as feminism and racism.

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