Revisionist Nanking doc screening in LA

[Aaron Gerow]

On Oct 12, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Tom Mes wrote:

> Received the invite below in the Midnight Eye inbox a few days ago.  
> It was signed by a certain Steven W., whoever that may be. Is this  
> the Ishihara Shintaro-backed project that claims the Nanking  
> massacre was all Chinese propaganda?
> They have a website up that doesn't contain much info: http:// 
> www.thetruthofnanking.com
>
> In any case, those in the LA area, especially those with enough  
> historical knowledge to counter its arguments, might want to check  
> this out. It is better to expose than to ignore.

The director Mizushima Satoru is rather prominent amongst right wing  
revisionists. He in fact runs the ultranationalist satellite  
broadcast channel Nihon Bunka Channel Sakura, which I think was one  
of the bases for making the film. (It seems ultranationalism does not  
make money, so the channel has been severely downsized recently.)

Here are some articles about Mizushima and the film.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g6Nth6UTotMij3LFn1-1QXIwl5nA
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/01/26/2003346406

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