Oscar-nominated director Shuibo Wang turns his camera on the startling story of 21 American prisoners of war who chose to stay in China rather than return to the United States after the Korean War ended.
Using rare archival footage, excerpts from U.S. and Chinese television shows, and historical and contemporary interviews, they select China to document the group hailed as “peaceful warriors” in China and “traitors” and “renegades” in the U.S. The fascinating story of young Americans. ”
The US media claimed that these young prisoners of war were “brainwashed” by the CCP. The film uses never-before-seen footage as well as contemporary interviews with some of the camp’s Chinese translators, instructors, lecturers and officials to describe conditions in these Chinese camps.
