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Helen Law

Jennifer Hodge

1979 3 min

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A portrait of Mrs. Helen Law, a Chinese immigrant to Canada, as witnessed through the eyes of her son, a first-generation Canadian.

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  Canada Vignettes

  1978 43 films

  Discover this series of classic shorts exploring every facet of Canadian culture and history.

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A portrait of Mrs. Helen Law, a Chinese immigrant to Canada, as witnessed through the eyes of her son, a first-generation Canadian.

See also

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism

Women - Portraits

All subjects

Credits

• director
  Jennifer Hodge
  
• producer
  Judy LeGros
  
  Don Hopkins
  
• executive producer
  Robert Verrall
  
• script
  Stanley Jackson
  
• camera
  Robert Lang
  
• sound
  Steve Joles
  
• narrator
  Phillip Ing
  
• researcher
  Jennifer Hodge
  
• editor
  Jennifer Hodge
  
• participant
  Phillip Ing
  

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