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Village Voice
While the footage and survivors of Nanking are gray and decaying, its unbearable story is not something out of the past; the evil and ignorance it describes are alive and thriving today. Full Review
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
Nanking both calls attention to a horrifying set of war crimes that remains little known in the West and crafts an impossible-but-true hymn to the power of the individual conscience. Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
It is the devastating testimony from survivors themselves that leaves the most indelible impression. Full Review
James Greenberg
The Hollywood Reporter
Not only is the film a powerful historical record and a warning for future generations, it is an essential reminder to people, including many in Japan today, who might deny that this massacre ever occurred. As such, Nanking honors the highest calling of documentary filmmaking. Full Review
Justin Chang
Variety
The horrific 1937-38 massacre of more than 200,000 Chinese during the early days of the Japanese occupation gets a polished presentation in Nanking. Full Review
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