Evelyn Haixuan Cao
曹 海 轩
DEAD MARCH TO PARADISE
8mm and 16mm film, digital video, color, sound
27 minutes and 41 seconds
2026
DEAD MARCH TO PARADISE is my thesis film,
completed from 2025-2026.
It examines the history of the first Chinese women
who immigrated to San Francisco,
in the latter half of the 19th century.
It was shot on location in San Francisco Chinatown.