Pride and Prejudice: The Road to Human Rights and Multiculturalism in British Columbia

Included in this one-hour documentary

• A guide to major legislation affecting human rights in BC since confederation.

• Filmmaker Linda Ohama and journalist Kevin Griffin re-examine the reporting of the Japanese internments, using excerpts from Ohama’s film Last Harvest.

• A murder and kidnapping in the 1920s exposed leading members of the Point Grey police force as members of the Ku Klux Klan.

• Young people at an Eastside school discuss the attitudes of young white supremacists and the problem of racial violence, while viewing excerpts from director Peter Raymont’s documentary Hearts of Hate.

• First Nations educator Lorna Williams recalls the segregationist days of the 1950s.

• Film director Mina Shum explores the comedy of cultural change and multiculturalism within her family.

Summary

There are more languages, cultures, and races present in British Columbia than ever before. Have we become a multicultural society? What are race relations like on the street and in the schools? Has BC outgrown the kind of racial conflict and segregation that marked the first decades of the province? What kind of legislation has been passed since confederation that has promoted — or limited — human rights in British Columbia?

Pride and Prejudice explores the turbulent history of race relations in BC over the last century, combining contemporary interviews with archival footage and excerpts from prize-winning documentaries. Featuring comments from journalists, filmmakers, youth, workers in a credit union and a hair salon, politicians, white supremacists, police, and educators from many races and cultures, Pride and Prejudice traces BC’s progress from a rough and racist colony to a vibrant and diverse province.

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Pride and Prejudice

The Road to Human Rights and Multiculturalism in British Columbia

A documentary by BC filmmaker Gary Marcuse for Knowledge

Production year: 1999

Stereo, 58 minutes

Available on DVD from Face to Face Media (facetofacemedia.ca)

Producer / Director

Gary Marcuse

Senior Producer

Sharon Lipovksy

Executive Producer

Roman Onufrijchuk

Editor

Tim Wanlin

Writer / Narrator

Gary Marcuse

Camera

George Colmer

John Dowell

Dennis Joyal

Roger McGrath

Ross Willows

Sound

George Colmer

Gerry Hughes

Ken McGrath

Lez Morrison

Music

Graeme Coleman

John Sereda

Additional Editing

Ian Jenkins

Audio Post Production

Hugh Gordon

On-line

Michael Sagadore

Research

Eric D. Wong Consulting

Special thanks to

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens

Staff and students at Vancouver Technical School and Spectrum Secondary School

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

Vancouver Police Department

Vancouver Museum

Murakami Centre

Raymond Salons

Vancouver Sun

Colin Preston

Hearts of Hate

Director: Peter Raymont

© 1994 White Pine Productions, Toronto

whitepinepictures.com

The Last Harvest

Director: Linda Ohama

© 1993 Last Harvest Productions Ltd.

Me, Mom and Mona

Director: Mina Shum

© Thoughts from the Asylum Inc.

Archives

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections

British Columbia Provincial Archives

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Vancouver City Archives

Produced by Knowledge Network

Distributed by Face to Face Media