Film

Continuous Journey

2004 · 1h 27m · Documentary · TV Movie

IMDb

8.2

Continuous Journey is an inquiry into the largely ignored history of Canada's exclusion of the South Asians by a little known immigration policy called the Continuous Journey Regulation of 1908. Unlike the Chinese and the Japanese, people from British India were excluded by a regulation that appeared fair, but in reality, was an effective way of keeping people from India out of Canada until 1948. As a direct result, only a half-mile from Canadian shores, the Komagata Maru was surrounded by immigration boats and the passengers were held incommunicado virtual prisoners on the ship. Thus began a dramatic stand-off which would escalate over the course of two months, becoming one of the most infamous incidents in Canadian history.

• Ali KazimiDirector

Release date

January 1, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie