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Massacre documentary "Nanking" attracts young and old in Nanjing (2) |
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16:12, July 22, 2007 |
Many enterprises have made block bookings for the film until August.
The Nanjing Massacre occurred in December 1937 when Japanese troops occupied the then capital of China. More than 300,000 Chinese were believed murdered and thousands of women raped.
"I felt that the massacre had largely been ignored by history. I hope we can tell people the truth," said Bill Guttentag, who shot the film with partner Dan Sturman, earlier this month in Shanghai.
The idea came from Ted Leonsis, vice chairman of America Online, who came across an obituary of a young writer named Iris Chang who wrote the best-selling book "The Rape of Nanking."
Leonsis bought the book and was startled to discover a tragedy he had never heard of. He decided to use two million U.S. dollars of his own money to shoot a documentary film on the Nanking Massacre, and invited the Academy Award-winning writer/director team of Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman to co-direct it.
Leonsis revealed his motivation in his blog: "As someone who has always believed in the power of goodness, I wanted to do something to share this story with others, and so I put together a research and production team, and decided to fund this movie and serve as its producer."
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