The role of the archive in recovering forgotten histories is also explored in Yoneda’s new short film The Gaze of Soldiers (2025). The film centers on photographs by American journalist Agnes Smedley of Japanese soldiers who were captured by the Chinese military during the Second World War. Members of the Awakening Movement who later fought alongside the Chinese Communist Party, these individuals – whose stories are recounted by Yoneda – offer fresh insight on an unexpected alliance that changed the course of history. (Melanie Pocock, 2025)