Everything Will Be
Julia Kwan’s feature-length documentary Everything Will Be captures a significant moment of time in Vancouver’s Chinatown, with the influx of condos and new, non-Chinese businesses. The film follows a year in the life of several Chinatown denizens, including a 90-year-old Chinese newspaper street vendor and a second-generation tea shop owner, as they navigate this community in flux.
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Julia Kwan’s feature-length documentary Everything Will Be captures a significant moment of time in Vancouver’s Chinatown, with the influx of condos and new, non-Chinese businesses. The film follows a year in the life of several Chinatown denizens, including a 90-year-old Chinese newspaper street vendor and a second-generation tea shop owner, as they navigate this community in flux.
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participantWai Chee LoMs. KwanDaniel LeeLeun Cheung LaiWan Ning LaiAngelo TosiKwan PopoOlivia CheungKen LumBob RennieFree LeeMarc BrockingtonYi Fu Su
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writerJulia Kwan
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directorJulia Kwan
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producerDavid Christensen
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director of photographyPatrick McLaughlin
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editorMichael Brockington
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sound designVelcrow Ripper
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music editorNova Ami
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supervising re-recording mixerDaniel Pellerin
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dialogue editorRob Hutchins
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background effects editorRob Hutchins
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re-recording mixerMatthew Chan
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studio managerDan Peel
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sound recordistJeff Carter
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camera assistantJennifer Lai
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production managerTheresa HoHoi Bing Mo
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production assistantAudrea ChanCharmaine TamLucas McCormickMitchell IngramMaureen BarrClea Mihalik
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assistant film editorZachary KerrHolden
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additional photographyJan KiesserVince ArvidsonSteven BreckonJennifer Lai
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colouristLorne Wright
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researcherTheresa HoAudrea Chan
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translatorTheresa HoHoi Bing MoAudrea ChanCharmaine TamElisa Chee
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transcriptionSharon MurphyTiffany Chien
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Mandarin/Cantonese versioningBen LuDon Thompson
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production coordinatorGinette D'SilvaFaye Yoneda
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production supervisorMark Power
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centre operations managerDarin Clausen
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marketing managerLeslie Stafford
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program administratorBree Beach
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executive producerDavid Christensen
Ideal for classes on urban geography and local history. What changes does the filmmaker document in this movie? Identify positive changes as well as negative changes. Compare your answers with other students. Discuss gentrification and its impact on cities in Canada. Take pictures of the changes in your city/town. Make maps of the different neighbourhoods in your city/town. Research the changes that have taken place. Debate the question of who owns a city and who has a right to change it.
