The Six (film)

== Production ==

== Production ==

The idea of making a film about ''Titanic''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Chinese passengers was originally suggested to Jones by Steven Schwankert, a marine [[historian]] who had collaborated with him on the 2013 documentary ''[[The Poseidon Project]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2021-03-24|title=True Story of China's Titanic Survivors, Executive Produced by James Cameron, Heads to Cinemas|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/chinese-titanic-survivors-james-cameron-the-six-1234937031/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> According to Schwankert, Jones was initially skeptical about covering a subject as well-documented as Titanic, but the question of how so little was known about the six Chinese, compared to the other survivors, stuck with them. “These were the only guys amongst those 700 that no one had ever claimed. They just completely disappeared. Why did they get ignored?” he told The Washington Post.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Why you've never heard of the six Chinese men who survived the Titanic|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/19/why-youve-never-heard-of-the-six-chinese-men-who-survived-the-titanic/|access-date=2021-08-29|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Historian Renqiu Yu, who participated in the production of The Six, notes that the pervasive Anglo-Saxon perspective of Titanic has allowed little room for survivors such as the Chinese.<ref>{{Cite web|title=- YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_WWUnhmqmc|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

The idea of making a film about ''Titanic''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Chinese passengers was originally suggested to Jones by Steven Schwankert, a marine [[historian]] who had collaborated with him on the 2013 documentary ''[[The Poseidon Project]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2021-03-24|title=True Story of China's Titanic Survivors, Executive Produced by James Cameron, Heads to Cinemas|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/chinese-titanic-survivors-james-cameron-the-six-1234937031/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> According to Schwankert, Jones was initially skeptical about covering a subject as well-documented as Titanic, but the question of how so little was known about the six Chinese, compared to the other survivors, stuck with them. “These were the only guys amongst those 700 that no one had ever claimed. They just completely disappeared. Why did they get ignored?” he told The Washington Post.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Why you've never heard of the six Chinese men who survived the Titanic|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/19/why-youve-never-heard-of-the-six-chinese-men-who-survived-the-titanic/|access-date=2021-08-29|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Historian Renqiu Yu, who participated in the production of ''The Six'', notes that the pervasive Anglo-Saxon perspective of Titanic has allowed little room for survivors such as the Chinese.<ref>{{Cite web|title=- YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_WWUnhmqmc|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

Early in production, the filmmakers found Tom Fong ({{lang|zh-hant|方國民}}), who claimed to be the son of survivor Fang Lang (Wing Sun Fong; {{lang|zh-hant|方榮山}}). Fong did not learn his father had been on ''Titanic'' until after Wing Sun Fong's death in 1985 and was able to verify the story with the help of the filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Neil|title=Janesville man shares untold story of his father, a Titanic survivor|url=https://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/janesville-man-shares-untold-story-of-his-father-a-titanic-survivor/article_01af4ea8-28fa-5bef-b9e9-9757c6466e71.html|access-date=2021-08-29|website=GazetteXtra|date=22 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The filmmakers were able to trace other survivors, including Lee Bing, who settled in [[Cambridge, Ontario|Ontario]], Canada,<ref>{{Cite web|title=New film documents life of Galt Titanic survivor|url=https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/community-story/9076038-new-film-documents-life-of-galt-titanic-survivor/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=CambridgeTimes.ca|date=11 December 2018 |language=en-CA}}</ref> and Chang Chip, who died in London in 1914. All eight were found to have come from [[Taishan, Guangdong|Taishan]], in Guangdong province, China.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kuo|first=Kaiser|title=Searching for the six Chinese survivors of the 'Titanic'|url=https://supchina.com/podcast/searching-for-the-six-chinese-survivors-of-the-titanic/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=SupChina|language=en-US}}</ref>

Early in production, the filmmakers found Tom Fong ({{lang|zh-hant|方國民}}), who claimed to be the son of survivor Fang Lang (Wing Sun Fong; {{lang|zh-hant|方榮山}}). Fong did not learn his father had been on ''Titanic'' until after Wing Sun Fong's death in 1985 and was able to verify the story with the help of the filmmakers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Neil|title=Janesville man shares untold story of his father, a Titanic survivor|url=https://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/janesville-man-shares-untold-story-of-his-father-a-titanic-survivor/article_01af4ea8-28fa-5bef-b9e9-9757c6466e71.html|access-date=2021-08-29|website=GazetteXtra|date=22 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The filmmakers were able to trace other survivors, including Lee Bing, who settled in [[Cambridge, Ontario|Ontario]], Canada,<ref>{{Cite web|title=New film documents life of Galt Titanic survivor|url=https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/community-story/9076038-new-film-documents-life-of-galt-titanic-survivor/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=CambridgeTimes.ca|date=11 December 2018 |language=en-CA}}</ref> and Chang Chip, who died in London in 1914. All eight were found to have come from [[Taishan, Guangdong|Taishan]], in Guangdong province, China.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kuo|first=Kaiser|title=Searching for the six Chinese survivors of the 'Titanic'|url=https://supchina.com/podcast/searching-for-the-six-chinese-survivors-of-the-titanic/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=SupChina|language=en-US}}</ref>