Black Hearts (2017)

The 1-hour history documentary reveals the heroism of WWII U.S. soldiers at the Japanese Mukden POW camp in Manchuria (now China) where they endured inhumane treatment. The Imperial Japanese Army creates Unit 731, a biological, chemical warfare research and development unit that killed over 15,000 prisoners and 500,000 Chinese civilians. Groups and individuals responsible for these crimes against humanity are exposed while the survivors, relatives and activists quest for justice and accountability are given voice. Japanese doctors who participated in the Unit 731 atrocities to work for the US bio warfare research at Ft. Detrick, MD, U.S. pharmaceutical corporations and American universities. The surviving Mukden POWs are ordered to silence their war time activities but later attempt to contact Congress, Presidents, DoD and government of Japan for compensation and medical treatment. Elements to be gathered: Declassified documents from the National Archive and Records Administration. Interviews with military and academic historians, authors, researchers and veteran's relatives provide factual narrative. The link between Mukden POW Camp, Unit 731 and the U.S. government is exposed.