Marking the 80th anniversary of the brutal massacre in Nanjing by Japanese invaders during WWⅡ, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation and A + E Networks in the US have co-produced a one-hour docu-drama The Scars of Nanking: the brave who stayed behind.
Poster of The Scars of Nanking: the brave who stayed behind
This documentary that was co-produced by China and the US didn’t apply the traditional mode of the massacre genre. It simply tells the stories witnessed by dozens of foreigners who stayed in Nanjing during the brutal massacre and protected local citizens in any possible ways.
It is the first time that the Massacre has been shot in westerners’ perspectives. And it is also the first time that Nanking Massacre has been presented on the screen of western mainstream media. More audiences in the world will know what happened 80 years ago in Nanjing through this documentary.
The one-hour docu-drama will premier December 13th, 2017 on History in the U.S., History Asia and simultaneously Jiangsu Satellite TV in China.
Today, we introduce you another excerpt of the Asian version of The Scars of Nanking.
Before Nanjing was completely occupied by Japanese invaders. A small number of Western businessmen, journalists and missionaries, however, chose to stay in Nanjing. Using their identities as members of the International Committee of Red Cross, they established the Nanking Safety Zone. They tried their best to protect the refugees, collect the evidences of Japan’s crime and spread them to the outer world.
So, what happened in Nanjing back in 1937? Let’s find out the answer with the dairies and appalling images recorded by those foreigners who stayed in Nanjing in 1937.
