Heritage Open Day: The Sinking of The Lisbon Maru

FREE SCREENING

As part of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War, and as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days, we will be screening The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru.

The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru is a 2024 Chinese documentary film about the sinking of the Lisbon Maru during World War II, produced and directed by Fang Li, co-directed by Ming Fan and Lily Gong. It features Dennis Morley, William Beningfield, Lin Agen, Brian Finch, Tony Banham, and family members of British prisoners of war who were on board of Lisbon Maru.

The Lisbon Maru was a Japanese ship carrying 1816 British POWs from Hong Kong to Japan in 1942. She was torpedoed by the US submarine USS Grouper and sank, leaving only 973 survivors.

In Chinese and English with Chinese and English subtitles.