
Resurfacing Heroism: Fang Li’s Lisbon Maru Film Revives WWII Rescue
Director Fang Li’s film ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’ uncovers the 1942 rescue of 1,816 British POWs by Zhejiang fishermen. An 8-year journey of research and storytelling.
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Director Fang Li’s film ‘The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru’ uncovers the 1942 rescue of 1,816 British POWs by Zhejiang fishermen. An 8-year journey of research and storytelling.
London audiences hailed The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, director Fang Li’s documentary on a 1942 shipwreck off the coast of the Chinese mainland and a daring rescue.
Historian Tony Banham revisits the Lisbon Maru tragedy, revealing war’s profound impact on individuals regardless of nationality.