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The Third Heaven

This documentary gives us a glimpse inside the influential but little-known community of Vancouver’s Hong Kong Chinese. Prejudices fall by the wayside as we discover the community's way of life and the vital role it plays in the Canadian and world economy through a moving, intimate portrait of the Lam family, who arrived here in 1991.
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This documentary gives us a glimpse inside the influential but little-known community of Vancouver’s Hong Kong Chinese. Prejudices fall by the wayside as we discover the community's way of life and the vital role it plays in the Canadian and world economy through a moving, intimate portrait of the Lam family, who arrived here in 1991.

Foreign Countries Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Developing Countries Social Issues Families Industry and Commerce All subjects
  • director
    Georges Payrastre
  • producer
    Yves Bisaillon
  • cinematography
    Kirk Tougas
    Paul Préfontaine
  • sound
    Jeff Henschel
    Eric Davies
    Ken McGrath
  • editing
    Cathy Gulkin
  • sound editing
    Antonia McGrath
  • re-recording
    Serge Boivin
  • music
    Philippe Lapointe
  • participation
    Michael Lam
    Viven Lam
    Rhoda Lam
    Clayton Lam

Education

Ages 15 to 18
School subjects
Diversity - Diversity in Communities History - World History
Rather than teach a theory class on the history of Hong Kong, have students do Web or library research. To limit the content to the most important elements, ask them to present their results in the form of a four-page illustrated booklet (folio format). Have them design it for Secondary I to III students; i.e., besides being relevant, it should be fairly simple as well as visually appealing.

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