Human Rights Defender Produces Award Winning Film Banned in China
10/03/2019
On this episode of Edge of Wonder we welcome Peabody-winning Canadian filmmaker Leon Lee who explores stories about modern China that can’t be told within Chinese borders. His documentary Human Harvest, about illegal organ transplants, has been viewed by millions, broadcast in more than 25 countries, and received the 74th Annual Peabody Award for Documentary. His company Flying Cloud Productions is dedicated to bringing issues of human rights violations to light in both documentary and narrative film-making.
His new movie, “Letter from Masanjia,” begins when mom of two, Julie Keith, finds an SOS note in a box of made in China Halloween decorations from an Oregon Kmart. The desperate note was written by a political prisoner named Sun Yi, from inside China’s notorious Masanjia labor camp. On the crumpled page that traveled over 5000 miles, he details being jailed for his spiritual beliefs and how he is being subjected to torture and brainwashing tactics. His message goes viral and miraculously leads to the closure of China’s entire labor camp system. Together, these unlikely heroes expose China’s ongoing persecution against millions whose ideology differs from the Chinese government.
Human Rights Defender Produces Award Winning Film Banned in China
On this episode of Edge of Wonder we welcome Peabody-winning Canadian filmmaker Leon Lee who explores stories about modern China that can’t be told within Chinese borders. His documentary Human Harvest, about illegal organ transplants, has been viewed by millions, broadcast in more than 25 countries, and received the 74th Annual Peabody Award for Documentary. His company Flying Cloud Productions is dedicated to bringing issues of human rights violations to light in both documentary and narrative film-making.
His new movie, “Letter from Masanjia,” begins when mom of two, Julie Keith, finds an SOS note in a box of made in China Halloween decorations from an Oregon Kmart. The desperate note was written by a political prisoner named Sun Yi, from inside China’s notorious Masanjia labor camp. On the crumpled page that traveled over 5000 miles, he details being jailed for his spiritual beliefs and how he is being subjected to torture and brainwashing tactics. His message goes viral and miraculously leads to the closure of China’s entire labor camp system. Together, these unlikely heroes expose China’s ongoing persecution against millions whose ideology differs from the Chinese government.
Human Rights Defender Produces Award Winning Film Banned in China
On this episode of Edge of Wonder we welcome Peabody-winning Canadian filmmaker Leon Lee who explores stories about modern China that can’t be told within Chinese borders. His documentary Human Harvest, about illegal organ transplants, has been viewed by millions, broadcast in more than 25 countries, and received the 74th Annual Peabody Award for Documentary. His company Flying Cloud Productions is dedicated to bringing issues of human rights violations to light in both documentary and narrative film-making.
His new movie, “Letter from Masanjia,” begins when mom of two, Julie Keith, finds an SOS note in a box of made in China Halloween decorations from an Oregon Kmart. The desperate note was written by a political prisoner named Sun Yi, from inside China’s notorious Masanjia labor camp. On the crumpled page that traveled over 5000 miles, he details being jailed for his spiritual beliefs and how he is being subjected to torture and brainwashing tactics. His message goes viral and miraculously leads to the closure of China’s entire labor camp system. Together, these unlikely heroes expose China’s ongoing persecution against millions whose ideology differs from the Chinese government.
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