[BCR] Movie Nanking in Berkeley
Beep Lin (Lin Xiaohui)
A long awaited movie Nanking will be in theater starting this weekend. Shattuck Cinema will show it four times a day starting from tomorrow:
2230 Shattuck Avenue
, Berkeley, CA,
94704
show time:
2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40
Movie info on Yahoo:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809812640/info
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Award Winning "Nanking"
Comes to California
Documentary film Nanking, a film on a short list for the 2008 Oscar nomination,
will be released nationally with its first shows starting in San Francisco, San
Jose, Berkeley and Los Angeles theaters on January 11, 2008. It is a must-see
movie to all, especially for those of Chinese descent, students of history,
human rights and social justice advocates.
A powerful, emotional and relevant reminder of the heartbreaking toll war takes
on the innocent, Nanking tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China,
in the early days of World War II. As part of a campaign to conquer all of China, the Japanese subjected Nanking –
which was then China's
capital – to months of aerial bombardment, and when the city fell, the
Japanese army unleashed murder and rape on a horrifying scale. In the midst of
the rampage, a small group of Westerners banded together to establish a Safety
Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Unarmed, these missionaries,
university professors, doctors and businessmen – including a Nazi named
John Rabe – bored witness to the events, while risking their own lives to
protect civilians from slaughter.
The story is told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors,
chilling archival footage and photos of the events, and testimonies of former
Japanese soldiers. At the heart of Nanking is
a filmed stage reading of the Westerners' letters and diaries, featuring
Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway and Jurgen Prochnow. Through its interweave
of archival images, testimonies of survivors, and readings of first hand
accounts, the film puts the viewer on the streets of Nanking
and brings the forgotten past to startling life.
Nankingis a testament to the courage and conviction of individuals who were
determined to act in the face of evil and a powerful tribute to the resilience
of the Chinese people – a gripping account of light in the darkest of
times.
This is a unique opportunity to educate the general public through mighty
cinemascope on the subject of Japanese wartime brutality and the long forgotten
history in Asia after years of effort to bring
international attention to it. We must all act and support this project to
bring justice for the tens of millions of voiceless and faceless victims
perished during the war and to prevent the history to repeat itself.
Movie information on Yahoo:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809812640/info