REMEMBERING 1950

“If you came a few days later, maybe I would no longer be alive,” an elderly woman, who served in the Chinese army in the war in Korea in 1950, says to the camera. This big-budget documentary collects the oral histories of 26 elderly Chinese veterans, many of whom have never granted interviews before, who share their stories of sacrifice and survival on the battlefield in Korea. Even as the patriotic tones of the film run high, the individual stories of ordinary fighters are emotionally honest and self-contained. Many audience members have hailed the documentary a tearjerker.