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"FREE CHINA wants you to walk away outraged at the injustice of it all, and most likely, you will."
- THE VILLAGE VOICE
"Powerful...emotionally stirring...will spark discussions on human rights and freedom of speech."
- BOOK LIST
"Will open some viewers' eyes to the horrifying reality behind many a 'Made in China' label."
- L.A. TIMES
"Stirring...narrative power."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
- THE VILLAGE VOICE
"Powerful...emotionally stirring...will spark discussions on human rights and freedom of speech."
- BOOK LIST
"Will open some viewers' eyes to the horrifying reality behind many a 'Made in China' label."
- L.A. TIMES
"Stirring...narrative power."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Synopsis The award winning “Free China: The Courage To Believe” tells the story of a mother and former Communist Party member, Jennifer Zeng, who along with more than 70 Million Chinese were practicing a belief that combined Buddhism and Daoism until the Chinese Government outlawed it. The Internet police intercepted an email and Jennifer was imprisoned for her faith. A world away, Dr. Charles Lee, a Chinese American businessman, wanted to do his part to stop the persecution by attempting to broadcast uncensored information on state controlled television. He was arrested in China and sentenced to three years of re-education in a prison camp where he endured forced labor, making amongst other things, Homer Simpson slippers sold at stores throughout the US. With more than one hundred thousand protests occurring each year inside China, unrest among Chinese people is building with the breaking of each political scandal. As China’s prisoners of conscience are subjected to forced labor and even organ harvesting, this timely documentary exposes profound issues such as genocide and unfair trade practices with the West. The film also highlights how new Internet technologies are helping bring freedom to more than 1.3 billion people living in China and other repressive regimes throughout the world. |