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Iris Chang, The Rape Of Nanking

Apr 2008 15
Tue 7:00 PM
Location
Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

931 Monroe Dr
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-352-4225

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How to find us
"We will meet in front of the theatre. If it's raining, we'll meet in the lobby. I will be wearing VERY bright pink or purple scarf."

Estimated attendance
 2  people attended.
3.50 3.503

Who organized?
LaTrice

We'll meet at 7:00pm. The movie begins at 7:10pm. See you there!

Run time: 100 min. | Canada |
Language: English and Mandarin with English subtitles

In July 1937 the Japanese Imperial Army, which already controlled a large section of northeastern China, launched an undeclared war against the Republic of China. Five months later its troops entered the capital city of Nanking and began raping and murdering its citizens in an orgy of violence that has few parallels in modern history. The Rape of Nanking was front page news when it happened but it was soon forgotten in the west until 1994 when a young Chinese-American writer named Iris Chang saw photographs of the atrocities at a conference in California. Chang, whose own grandparents had barely escaped the massacre, decided it was her responsibility to rescue this event from oblivion.

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  • Larry McGillicuddy
    Posted Apr 17, 2008 12:13 AM
    Assistant Organizer
    La Trice and I were there. Sorry we missed you guys. I'm not fond of the format the filmmakers used, but the story was undeniably powerful.
  • Pre-Meetup comments below
  • Posted Apr 14, 2008 10:43 PM
    Former Member
    I was deeply moved by the book. Looking forward to the movie. Iris Chang comitted suicide a few years ago. She was only 36.

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