Nanking

Resource Information

The work Nanking represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Neenah Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Nanking

Statement of responsibility

HBO Documentary Films ; Purple Mountain Productions ; produced by Bill Guttentag, Michael Jacobs, Ted Leonsis ; story by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman ; screenplay by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman & Elisabeth Bentley ; directed by Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman

Contributor

• HBO Documentary Films
• Purple Mountain Productions (Firm)
• Thinkfilm (Firm)
• Armstrong, Hugo
• Bentley, Elisabeth
• Chao, Rosalind
• Dorff, Stephen, 1973-
• Getz, John, 1946-
• Guttentag, William
• Harrelson, Woody
• Jacobs, Michael, 1955-
• Leonsis, Ted
• Sturman, Bill

Subject

• Documentary -- Feature
• Documentary films
• Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)
• Refugees -- Abuse of -- China | Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
• Refugees -- China | Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
• Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Documentary
• Documentary films
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• chi
• jpn
• eng
• eng
• chi
• jpn
• chi

Summary

Tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and chilling testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries

Awards note

Sundance Film Festival, 2007: Documentary Editing Award.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directors of photography, Stephen Kazmierski, Buddy Squires ; editors, Hibah Frisina, Charlton McMillan, Michael Schweitzer ; music, Phil Marshall ; costume designer, Dayna Pink

Dewey number

951.04/2

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for disturbing images and descriptions of war-time atrocities, including rape

Language note

Chinese, Japanese or English dialogue, English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

DS777.5314

LC item number

.N36 2008

PerformerNote

Hugo Armstrong, Rosalind Choa, Stephen Dorff, John Getz, Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Michelle Krusiec, Leah Liang, Chris Mulkey, Jürgen Prochnow, Sonny Saito, Graham Sibley, Mark Valley, Robert Wu

Runtime

90

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action