When Asia Speaks (1944)

Directed by

Gordon Weisenborn

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1944 Canadian documentary examines the contrast between Asia's natural resources and the widespread poverty of its people during World War II. It explains how this inequality helped fuel nationalist movements across the continent.

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What happens

When Asia Speaks is a 19-minute film produced in 1944 by Stuart Legg and directed by Gordon Weisenborn for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. The film is narrated by broadcaster Lorne Greene. When Asia Speaks describes the disparity between the riches of Asia and the poverty of the masses during the Second World War that have led to nationalist movements in Asia. The film's French version title is Le Réveil de l'Asie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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