Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice: Difference between revisions

| music = [[Darren Fung]]

| released = December 5,{{Film date|2011|12|05}}

'''''Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice''''' ({{zh|失去的岁月}}) is a 2011 [[documentary]] directed by Kenda Gee and [[Tom Radford]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Documenting a personal past – Kenda Gee examines the Chinese immigrant experience in Canada|url=http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=3f004293-16f1-4525-ae82-8b170c0201d0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215164643/http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=3f004293-16f1-4525-ae82-8b170c0201d0|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2013|publisher=Post Media- |website=Edmonton Journal |date=August 18, 2011 |accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Filmmakers off to China to capture immigrant experience|url=http://www.lostyears.ca/media/edmjournal-jan17.pdf |work=Edmonton Journal |via=Lost Years |publisher=CanWest Media|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dialogue 2012-01-19 Journey of discovering justice|url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/dialogue/20120119/122148.shtml|publisher=CN TV (CCTV)|accessdate=13 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223346/http://english.cntv.cn/program/dialogue/20120119/122148.shtml |archive-date= Mar 3, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=THE LOST YEARS - KENDA GEE and TOM RADFORD|url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Alberta/ID/2103382722/?page=25&sort=MostPopular|publisher=CBC RadioActive (Peter Brown)|accessdate=13 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canada at 150 - Ethnic communities to mark 150th by focusing on Canadian values|url=http://www.canada.com/life/Canada+Ethnic+communities+mark+150th+focusing+Canadian+values/7758107/story.html|publisher=Post Media |website=Canada.com |first1=Tobi |last1=Cohen |date=December 30, 2012 |accessdate=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324102241/http://www.canada.com/life/Canada+Ethnic+communities+mark+150th+focusing+Canadian+values/7758107/story.html |archive-date= Mar 24, 2016 }}</ref> The film premiered on December 5, 2011, at the [[Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival]], where it won the ''Best Documentary Award'' for history and culture.<ref name="GZDOC2011PRIZEWINNERSGZDOC2011">{{cite web|title=GZ DOC 2011 Prizewinners|url=http://www.gzdoc.cn/review/list_389.aspx|publisher=GZDOC|accessdate=21 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="GZDOC2011">{{cite web|title=Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China – 2011 Prize Winners|url=http://www.gzdoc.cn/review/list_389.aspx|publisher=GZ Doc 2011|accessdate=3 February 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130124232241/http://www.gzdoc.com/en_2011/main.asp?top_menu_id=N9R83D59L9E97Z20070731150429CATE&category_id=IJ4KL730Z62ZLY20111206172526CATE|archivedate=24 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="SIFF">{{cite web|title=Kenda Gee's LOST YEARS at the 38th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2012|url=http://ocaseattle.org/2012/05/08/kenda-gees-lost-years-at-the-38th-seattle-international-film-festival-siff-2012/|publisher=OCA Seattle|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref> The film has also been shownaired as a two-part, national television mini-series for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Filmmakers off to China to capture immigrant experience|url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=7e0fc6df-d856-4422-a1b3-6b865c971382&k=19030|publisher=Canada.com|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBC TV – Absolutely Canadian, Episode 1 – Feb 18, 2012|url=http://www.cbc.ca/absolutelycanadian/docs/2012/02/16/saturday-february-18-2012-lost-years-part-1/|publisher=CBC TV|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBC TV – Absolutely Canadian, Episode 2 – Mar 3, 2012|url=http://www.cbc.ca/absolutelycanadian/past-episode/2012/03/01/sat-march-3-2012-lost-years-part-2/|publisher=CBC TV|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref> A premiereseries of extended episodes subsequently aired on [[CTV Two Alberta]], June 8 and 15, 2013, with repeat broadcasts scheduled foron November 16 and 23, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=CTV Two Alberta Schedule|url=http://www.ctv.ca/schedule.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628081211/http://www.ctv.ca/Schedule.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2012|publisher=[[BellMedia]]|accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref>

Gee and Radford began work on the film in late 1999, taking twelve years to fully research the movie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lost Years chronicles 150 years of Chinese diaspora history in Canada and beyond|url=https://www.straight.com/article-610666/vancouver/lost-years-relates-150-years-chinese-diaspora-history-canada-and-beyond|publisher=Straight.com|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref> Of the film, Gee and Radford stated that they were "originally inspired by the tale of [[Larry Kwong]] of Vernon".<ref>{{cite web|title=Documentary shines light on Chinese-Canadian experience|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/157670/documentary-shines-light-on-chinese-canadian-experience/|publisher=CHBC News|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=As Boston Bruins Takes 2:1 Stanley Cup Finals Lead, Larry Kwong Celebrates 90th Birthday|url=http://bostonese.com/?p=8711|publisher=bostonese English-Chinese Online Journal|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref>

The documentary centres on the family story of director Kenda Gee and the last 150 years of the [[Chinese diaspora]] in [[Canada]], the [[United States]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lost Years - Exploring 150 years of the Chinese diaspora in Canada, USA, New Zealand, and Australia|url=httphttps://schemamagwww.lostyears.ca/2012/02/15/lost_years_exploring_150_yearsmedia/#Lost_Years_Exploring_150_years_of_the_Chinese_diaspora_in_Canada_USA_New_Zealand_and_Australia_Schema_Magazine_Feb_15_2012.UaYsZZVgNFIpdf|publisher=Schema Magazine|accessdate=29 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=At Random: Remembering the past|url=http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/opinion/130387058.html|publisher=Vernon Morning Star|accessdate=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hockey legend immortalized in film|url=https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/life/hockey-legend-immortalized-in-film/|publisher=BC Local News|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref> The movie begins documenting Gee's ancestors from 1910 [[China]], further progressing through the years focusing on the racism that they and other Chinese emigrants have experienced, and culminating with GeeHanson Lau and Hanson LauGee's leadership in the campaign to redress the Chinese [[Head tax (Canada)|Head tax]] in Canada and abroad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lost Years documentary series on Chinese Canadians|url=http://www.channelapa.com/2011/10/lost-years-documentary-series-on-chinese-canadians.html|publisher=Channel APA|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref> The epic documentary is billed as,follows "Twotwo journeys: one historical, in search of a new life; one modern, in search of justice." ''Lost Years'' features interviews with [[Chinese Canadians]] and Chinese emigrants such as [[Larry Kwong]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Crowning B.C. sports hall glory for King Kwong|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Crowning+sports+hall+glory+King+Kwong/8939448/story.html|publisher=Postmedia Network, Inc.|accessdate=20 September 2013|archive-date=22 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922105505/https://vancouversun.com/sports/Crowning+sports+hall+glory+King+Kwong/8939448/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the first [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] [[Canadians|Canadian]] to play in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Talking about the 'Lost Years'|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/129993793.html|publisher=BC Local News|accessdate=13 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A Hockey Pioneer's Moment, February 19, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/sports/hockey/larry-kwongs-shift-for-rangers-in-1947-48-broke-a-barrier.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|work=New York Times|accessdate=18 March 2013}}</ref> [[Norman Kwong]], former professional athlete and [[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]], and Gim Wong, decorated [[Royal Canadian Air Force|RCAF]] officer and Chinese head tax redress advocate,<ref>{{cite web|title=Gim Foon Wong's motorcycle ride turned the tide on Chinese head-tax redress|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/gim-foon-wongs-motorcycle-ride-turned-the-tide-on-chinese-head-tax-redress/article14652999/?page=all|publisher=The Globe & Mail|accessdate=1 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/news/408461/kenda-gee-gim-wong-was-one-kind|title=Kenda Gee: Gim Wong was one of a kind|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2016-04-19}}</ref> amongst others.

| {{won}}<ref name="GZDOC2011PRIZEWINNERSGZDOC2011" />

| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2012 Alberta Film and Television Awards Finalists|url=http://ampia.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2012RosieFinalistsFinal.pdf|publisher=AMPIA|accessdate=13 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214348/http://ampia.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2012RosieFinalistsFinal.pdf |archive-date= Mar 4, 2016 }}</ref>

| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards|url=httphttps://www.csc.ca/cscawardsaward/2012/default.asp|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref>