Let’s Talk about Yellow Peril

“Yellow Peril” is a term used to describe an entire history of fear mongering and racism against Asian people. In this video, we trace the history of this racist narrative in Canada to show how during the recent pandemic it has once again re-surfaced in our society.
Credits:
Producer & Director: Jon Yu
Co-Producer: Karen Cho
Art director & Script: Yang Shi
Script consultant: Viet Tran
Research: Richmond Lam, Yang Shi, Karen Cho
Project management: Serena Gronlund and Danita OT Chow
Casting & coordination: Danita OT Chow
Camera work: Jon Yu and Richmond Lam
Audio recording (Montreal interviews): Brent Li
Audio engineering and mastering: Sarah Shin
Voice-over talent: France Stohner, Viet Tran
Illustrations: Thaila Khampo
Animation & Motion graphics: Olivia Chan
De-rushing: Jon Yu, Richmond Lam, Serena Gronlund, Danita OT Chow
Editing & Motion graphics: Jon Yu
Transcription & Subtitling: Jon Yu
French translation: Yang Shi
Land acknowledgement consultant: Mario Adam Parent
Participants and Interviewees (in order of appearance):
Betty Valenzuela
Hospital Employees’ Union
Anne-Marie Pham
Teresa Woo-Paw
César Cala
Kenji Ohashi
André-Anne Côté
Sources and references:
Archival images + Still images
National Archives of Canada: Railroad workers
Public Archives Canada
Vancouver public library
Canadian War Museum
Wikimedia.org
Pixabay.com
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Karen Cho - Family photo
Globe and Mail
Canadian Illustrated News
The Wasp
The Daily Klondike Nugget
Facebook: Jonathan Mok
Headlines
The Toronto Star
The Vancouver Star
The Calgary Herald
The Red Deer Advocate
The Daily Hive
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CTV News
Global News
Vancouver Sun
The Huffington Post
Video clips
Tik Tok: @silly.elie
Tik Tok: @mmarocco
RUclips: The Vancouver Police
RUclips: The Mississauga Police
dereksloan.ca
Montreal protest videos
Jon Yu: Justice for Joyce Protest - Montreal
Richmond Lam: March Against Anti-Asian Racism - Montreal
Toronto Chinatown videos
Karen Cho
Special acknowledgements:
Bette Lee & Peter Yu
Hiroshi Iishi & Alexis
Kristin Regan & Justin Orze
Caelie Frampton