Yintai Youth Scholars Study Camp held a special screening of "Soaring Sky": Sensing the Temperature of History in Images

All members of the Yintai Public Welfare Foundation's "Jiang Family and Modern Chinese History Research Program" 2016 Young Scholars Study Camp watched the documentary "Soaring", which tells the story of the battles and emotions of Chinese Air Force pilots during the Anti Japanese War. Accompanying them were director Zhang Zhaowei of "Soaring", descendants of the Anti Japanese Air Force Wu Yuan, Hangzhou cultural and historical scholars, and local citizens.

Air War from a Female Perspective

The documentary "Soaring" depicts the aerial battles of several Chinese Air Force pilots during the Anti Japanese War, as well as their emotional stories with family and friends.

The Big History of Image Media

After the film screening, the Secretary General of Intime Charity Foundation presided over the on-site interactive communication session.

Wu Yuan (center), son of Chinese pilot Wu Qiyun of the Flying Tigers, and Zhang Zhaowei (right), director of "Sky Soaring"

Subsequently, the on-site audience and film director Zhang Zhaowei exchanged and interacted on issues such as the original intention of the film, filming details, presentation methods, and the mass dissemination of historical research results.

Director Zhang Zhaowei of "Soaring Sky"

Director Zhang Zhaowei comes from a background in history and is deeply influenced by the writing style of historical works that depict characters and present details within the context of history.

Questions from caring for veterans volunteers

Zhang Zhaowei believes that historical writing should involve the inner emotions of characters. He hopes to reflect that that period of history was not only a war, but also a process of social fragmentation by presenting the psychological state of Air Force dependents.

Question from young scholars at Yintai Study Camp

Zhang Zhaowei candidly stated that he hopes that every film he makes can strive to "review the old and learn the new", not to visualize the text, but to discover new perspectives in the arrangement of images and present them differently from before.

Questions from Hangzhou citizens