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A+E Networks ups China originals, Nanking doc boosts co-pros to nine hours this year
23 November 2017
A+E Networks’ has upped its global China originals announced this quarter to three hours, adding Nanking massacre doc with Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation to the Silk Road feature announced in October. The new co-pros will air in Asia and globally.
Scars of NankingandThe Silk Road – Rebornbring the number of A+E Networks Asia’s mainland Chinese co-produced hours on air or in production this year to nine.
Scars of Nankingmarks the 80th anniversary of the massacre in Nanking by Japanese forces during World War II.
The one-hour docu-drama premieres simultaneously on History channels in Asia and the U.S. and on Jiangsu Satellite TV in China on13 December.
A+E Networks’ Asia Pacific managing director, Alan Hodges, says the new co-pro forms part of Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation’s efforts over the past few years to build “strong awareness of these horrible events with a number of impactful documentaries”.
Scars of Nankingexpands this effort by telling the story from a western perspective and narrative that will be shared with a much broader audience, Hodges added.
Scars of Nankingis the story of American missionaries’ struggle to save Chinese civilians from Imperial Japanese forces and to smuggle out evidence of the 1937 massacre. The programme tracks those who chose to stay despite the danger, including teacher Minnie Vautrin, who single handedly prevented hundreds of rapes, Father John Magee who films the aftermath, and George Fitch, who smuggles the films out of the city.
A 90-minute extended version –Scars of Nanjing: 80 Years After– involves Korean American filmmaker Christine Choy, who co-directed 1995 featureIn the Name of the Emperorabout atrocities committed by Japanese troops.
The Silk Road – Reborn was announcedin October. The documentary is a co-production with China’s state-backed media organisations – China Central Television (CCTV) and China International Television Corporation (CITVC).
The two-hour show, “The Silk Road – Reborn”, tracks the transformation of the ancient trade route...
A+E Networks’ has upped its global China originals announced this quarter to three hours, adding Nanking massacre doc with Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation to the Silk Road feature announced in October. The new co-pros will air in Asia and globally.
Scars of NankingandThe Silk Road – Rebornbring the number of A+E Networks Asia’s mainland Chinese co-produced hours on air or in production this year to nine.
Scars of Nankingmarks the 80th anniversary of the massacre in Nanking by Japanese forces during World War II.
The one-hour docu-drama premieres simultaneously on History channels in Asia and the U.S. and on Jiangsu Satellite TV in China on13 December.
A+E Networks’ Asia Pacific managing director, Alan Hodges, says the new co-pro forms part of Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation’s efforts over the past few years to build “strong awareness of these horrible events with a number of impactful documentaries”.
Scars of Nankingexpands this effort by telling the story from a western perspective and narrative that will be shared with a much broader audience, Hodges added.
Scars of Nankingis the story of American missionaries’ struggle to save Chinese civilians from Imperial Japanese forces and to smuggle out evidence of the 1937 massacre. The programme tracks those who chose to stay despite the danger, including teacher Minnie Vautrin, who single handedly prevented hundreds of rapes, Father John Magee who films the aftermath, and George Fitch, who smuggles the films out of the city.
A 90-minute extended version –Scars of Nanjing: 80 Years After– involves Korean American filmmaker Christine Choy, who co-directed 1995 featureIn the Name of the Emperorabout atrocities committed by Japanese troops.
The Silk Road – Reborn was announcedin October. The documentary is a co-production with China’s state-backed media organisations – China Central Television (CCTV) and China International Television Corporation (CITVC).
The two-hour show, “The Silk Road – Reborn”, tracks the transformation of the ancient trade route into today’s global trading superhighway.
The full version will air on the History channel across Asia, with a one-hour version produced for broadcast in the U.S.
This is the first time A+E Networks is working with CITVC to co-produce factual programming for the global marketplace.
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