Back to 1942
May 15, 2015 16:27:52 GMT -5
Post by helen on May 15, 2015 16:27:52 GMT -5
Has anyone seen this film?
In 1942, Henan province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million people and tens of millions of refugees. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, disease, and the corruption and incompetence of the Nationalist party who had imposed harsh taxes and seized grain to feed the army.
Based on a novel by Liu Zhenyun, Back to 1942 is a powerful and moving historical epic film, based on eyewitness accounts of Pulitzer Prize-winning Time Magazine journalist Theodore H. White (Adrien Brody). White's scathing report on the extent of the famine embarrassed Chiang Kai-shek (Chen Daoming). As the story unfolds, the Chinese government must decide who is fed: their troops or their people.
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In 1942, Henan province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million people and tens of millions of refugees. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, disease, and the corruption and incompetence of the Nationalist party who had imposed harsh taxes and seized grain to feed the army.
Based on a novel by Liu Zhenyun, Back to 1942 is a powerful and moving historical epic film, based on eyewitness accounts of Pulitzer Prize-winning Time Magazine journalist Theodore H. White (Adrien Brody). White's scathing report on the extent of the famine embarrassed Chiang Kai-shek (Chen Daoming). As the story unfolds, the Chinese government must decide who is fed: their troops or their people.
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