For Asia Society Members

ASSC is proud to partner with the USC Shoah Foundation and Museum of Tolerance to screen The Girl and The Picture, a film about the Nanjing Massacre and the importance of preserving history.

In 1937, at the age of eight, Xia Shuqin and her younger sister witnessed the murder of their family in the horror that would become known to the world as the Nanjing Massacre. In the days that followed, an American missionary, John Magee, who was documenting the Japanese occupation, filmed the little girls standing in front of the broken remains of their family home, creating evidence of the carnage and binding his family and theirs forever.

The Girl and The Picture brings together two direct descendants of this history as Xia, at 88, shares her memory with her granddaughter, her seven-year-old great-grandson and with Chris Magee, the grandson of the missionary who captured her image eight decades earlier. The Girl and The Picture brings to light the power of memory to bridge generations and create a shared legacy of family, loss and survival.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Vanessa Roth and Producer Stephen D. Smith.

This event is FREE for Asia Society Members but registration is required. To join and attend this screening, we are pleased to offer a special membership price of $100 (a $25 savings).

If you have any questions, please contact Trisha Ong ([email protected]) or (213) 788-4711.