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A Passage Beyond Fortune

Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.
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Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.

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  • participation
    Myrna Chow
    Gale Chow
    Kyle Chow
    Art Chow
  • writer
    Weiye Su
  • director
    Weiye Su
  • producer
    Jon Montes
    Chehala Leonard
  • executive producer
    David Christensen
  • director of photography
    George Hupka
    aAron Munson
  • editor
    Xi Feng
  • story consultant
    Paul Yee
  • sound design
    REDLAB
  • sound recordist
    David Roman
    Tracy Westgard
  • production supervisor
    Esther Viragh
  • technical coordinator
    Luc Binette
    Albert Kurian
  • assistant editor
    Janet Savill
    Jonathan Lê
  • title design
    REDLAB
  • narration recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • online edit
    REDLAB
  • mix
    REDLAB
  • studio operations manager
    Darin Clausen
    Devon Supeene
  • studio administrator
    Bree Beach
    Devon Supeene
  • senior production coordinator
    April Dunsmore
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • marketing manager
    Kelly Fox
  • marketing coordinator
    Jolène Lessard
  • publicist
    Katja De Bock

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