Nanking Documentary Screening
Dan Sturman, Co-Director
April 22, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm, ACES Avaya Auditorium
The documentary Nanking followed the tragic events associated with Japan’s aggression against China and invasion of Chinese capital in December of 1937. Using archival footage and photographs from that time, the film documents the massacres and atrocities that Imperial Japan’s army committed in Nanking during the winter of 1937-38—an event that roils Sino-Japanese relations to this day. The film’s plot is based on a story of a small group of Westerners who amidst widespread killings, rapes, looting, and arson, established an international safety zone that, according to some estimates, saved hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians.
The film’s co-Director, Dan Sturman, attended the screening and participated in a Q&A session after the film with Dr. Huaiyin Li, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. The panelists discussed a wide range of topics - from the film’s production techniques to how the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War is taught in Chinese and Japanese schools.
The discussion panel: (from left) series coordinator and Strauss Fellow Dr. Alan Kuperman,
the film's co-Director Dan Sturman and Assistant Professor of History Dr. Huayin Li.
An audience member addressed a question to the panel.
Dan Sturman responded to questions about the film's production and its content.
This presentation is part of the Strauss Center’s International Security Film Series that screens new and forthcoming documentaries and feature films on topics of global concern, including ethnic conflict and humanitarian intervention. The series is coordinated by Assistant Professor Alan J. Kuperman of the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
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