Evelyn Haixuan Cao

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. 

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