City of Life and Death, the story of a holocaust the west has forgotten.

Showing Friday, November 11, 2011 - 7 pm @ Eckerd College. 4200 54th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33711 (800) 456-9009 or (727) 867-1166 | Directions &  Map

City of Life and Death Directed by Lu Chuan (Mandarin with English Subtitles, 132m, 2009)

A vividly realistic, beautifully shot black and white portrayal of the 1937 siege of the Chinese capital of Nanking by Japanese forces.  Kenneth Turan of the LA Times described the film as "Harrowing and unflinching...City of Life and Death is a cinematic experience unlike any you've had before. It's a film strong enough to change your life"

This story was forgotten because Japanese refused to officially acknowledge the massacre and the Chinese government did not want to raise the issue, perhaps because of their own human rights abuses.

The Official site of Iris Chang the Movie - The Rape of Nanking

www.irischangthemovie.com/

This story was brought back to the worlds attention by Iris Chang, who's family was from Nanjing.

See the trailer