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An Oregon woman finds an SOS message from a Chinese dissident in a package of Halloween decorations from Kmart, setting off a chain of events that would shut down the entire labor camp system in China and ignite the letter-writer’s dangerous quest to expose a deadly persecution.
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In the film we see the power of a letter. Now it’s your turn.
If you are in the US please write to your local senator asking them to co-sponsor Senate Resolution 220, a bipartisan resolution expressing solidarity for Falun Gong practitioners who have lost lives, freedoms, and rights for adhering to their beliefs and practices.
If you are in Canada please write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help free Canadian Falun Gong practitioner, Sun Qian, who has been illegally detained in China for over a year and is being tortured for her beliefs.
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"Recently qualified for the 2019 Oscars, Lee’s documentary utilises animation and concise storytelling to package huge human rights issues into an intensely personal and important film. Julie and Sun perfectly illustrate that being “ordinary” does not stop a person from doing something extraordinary."
Thanks to the popular Asian film site easternKicks for this insightful 5-star review!
Letter from Masanjia | easternkicks.com
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When Julie Keith discovers an SOS letter in a Kmart product, she begins a chain of events exposing Chinese forced labour... Leon Lee's astonishing documentary details how an Oregon woman, Julie Keith, discovered a letter from a Chinese dissident concealed in a Halloween decoration. The eponymous let...
Such a powerful movie. I’m thrilled that this will be seen by a wider audience.
What a great review!
This is an exact parallel of the crackdown on Falun Gong that has seen millions of practitioners like Sun Yi incarcerated, losing family members and loved ones for their beliefs. We can't continue to turn a blind eye to the human rights abuse perpetrated by the Chinese government.
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What an honour to screen Letter from Masanjia at the Parliament of Canada! Read all about it in this article by The Epoch Times.
Parliamentarians Moved by ‘Letter from Masanjia’ Doc Screened on Parliament Hill
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Senator Marilou McPhedran said tears came to her eyes while watching “Letter from Masanjia,” an award-winning documentary about a ...
