History's forgotten stories | Director Fang Li's latest documentary

Chinese director Fang Li is working on a new film, The Forgotten General. The China-US co-production tells the story of the highest-ranking American army officer to become a prisoner of war during World War II, General Jonathan Wainwright. Li is collaborating with long-time documentary filmmaker Bill Einreinhofer on this project. "[Fang Li] is not telling war stories. He is telling the stories of people who were caught up in war. And I think that's a critical difference," Einreinhofer said. Li says he feels a responsibility to share these forgotten stories with the world. "Whatever you want to tell the world, you tell the world. I'm just recording. I don't have a purpose. I just want to listen to your story and share it with the world because I'm a filmmaker," Li said.

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0:00 Introduction 1:21 Bringing forgotten WWII stories to light 2:37 The making of The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru 6:27 Fang Li's new project: The Forgotten General 7:14 The story of General Jonathan Wainwright 9:23 A China-US co-production 11:28 Why remembering history matters 12:18 Closing thoughts

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