Anti-Asian Riots of 1907 -- Quilchena Elementary (November 22, 2011)

This short was produced on November 22nd, 2011 during a one-day workshop called Animating History, offered at the Museum of Vancouver in partnership with the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth. Participants worked cooperatively to storyboard the film's plot, create characters, animate their creations using computer-operated digital cameras, and add dialogue and sound effects.

About the story
In Vancouver on September 1907, hundreds of angry Caucasians attacked local residents and smashed storefront windows in Chinatown and Japantown. The riot took place after a march organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League that wound up in a rally at City Hall, which was then located on Main Street. With banners reading Stand for a White Canada, the demonstrators, including politicians and labour leaders, called for an end to Asian immigration to British Columbia.

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