Yuba Sutter Arts Announces World Premier of Documentary Film

CHINESE BUILDERS OF GOLD MOUNTAIN

Marysville, Ca.
A new documentary film that showcases the vital role Chinese immigrants played in California history will be shown at the Bok Kai Arts Festival in Marysville, California on Sunday March 22, 2015 at 2pm, Yuba Sutter Arts confirmed today.

“We were very pleased when NIMBUS FILMS film-maker, Bill George, contacted us and offered us the world premier screening of his new film about the Chinese experience in the west for our Bok Kai Arts Festival,” said David Read, Yuba Sutter Arts President.

"Chinese immigrants played an important role in building early California, and their work led to the state's pre-eminence as a Pacific Rim economic powerhouse," said NIMBUS FILMS owner and film producer, Bill George. "This film will give viewers an inside look at how Chinese immigrants battled discrimination and helped shape the Golden State for future generations." Mr. George will be on hand to answer questions after the screening.

The film, shot on location in Sacramento, Marysville, the Mother Lode, the Delta , the Sierra Nevada and Oroville takes viewers back to the 1860s to sites where thousands of Chinese pioneers built tunnels for the famed Transcontinental Railroad - a skill that the immigrants later parlayed in constructing wine caves for Napa Valley wineries. The documentary also visits historical places where they lived and worked, such as the Oroville Chinese Temple and the Bok Kai Temple in Marysville. Sacramento's Asian Community Center Senior Services is the Title Sponsor of the film.

Air dates on KVIE, Public Television for Northern California will be announced in April. NIMBUS FILMS previously produced the award-winning documentary, The Hidden Wonder of the World - The Transcontinental Railroad from Sacramento to Donner Summit and Newcastle, Gem of the Foothills.

So join Yuba Sutter Arts on Sunday, March 22 for a Dim Sum Brunch catered by the Rice Bowl of Sacramento, a Tai Chi demonstration, and a couple of great films. All Arts Festival events are free and will all be held at the Burrows Center for the Arts at 624 E Street in Marysville. Plenty of free parking is available at Umpqua Bank and at Covillaud Elementary School at 7th and E Streets. As we say, “Come for the Dragon. Stay for the (Film), the Music, Dance, Art and Food!” Call 530-749-8065 for more information or go to www.yubasutterarts.org.