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...movie or a documentary film would get her message out more than the book," says Ying-Ying Chang. Sadly, her daughter never got the chance. Iris Chang committed suicide in 2004, at the age of 36. "We were interviewed at the time and asked, 'What was Iris' last wish?'" recalls her mother. "And we said, 'To have a movie made out of her book...
...That wish is now coming true in spades. No fewer than six movies about the massacre-including one about Chang herself-are in the works. The first, a documentary called Nanking, premiered at Sundance in January and will be screened at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in late March. It tells the story of a handful of American and European expatriates who established a neutral safety zone to protect some 200,000 Nanjing residents during the conflict. The film is the brainchild of Ted Leonsis, vice chairman of AOL (which, like TIME, is owned by Time Warner...
...part of the post-Roe v. Wade generation that is extremely conflicted about abortion. I am pro-choice but wish the antagonists would work together to bring down the rate of abortion or at least respect the other viewpoint. They fall prey to name calling, fallacious arguments and misinformation, and both lose the trust of confused women...
...wouldn’t be required to write a thesis,” says Brettman, who didn’t have the choice when she first arrived at Harvard as a transfer student. She sees secondary fields and joint concentrations as different categories. Secondary fields are for students who wish to pursue two divergent passions, she says, while joint concentrations are for those willing to write a thesis on their intersection. “Sometimes I feel like I’m not really part of any department at all,” continues Brettman, airing an oft-cited complaint...
Junior Matt Kramer, a catcher for the Crimson, also sees Palmer as a hard thrower, constantly straining to live up to the example of his older brother David, a Wooden Award winner at Georgetown (I wish I was making this up) and legendary two-term president from the show’s early days...