The official 2013 movie trailer for Free China: The Courage to Believe “自由中國：有勇氣相信”
http://www.FreeChinaMovie.com"INTENSELY COMPELLING..."
Karen Curry- Former CNN Bureau Chief New York
The fates of a woman living in Beijing and a man living in New York become inextricably linked because of a common conviction...
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. As she endured physical and mental torture, she had to decide: does she stand her ground and languish in jail, or does she recant her belief so she can tell her story to the world and be reunited with her family? 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.
"Free China" is a co-production between NTD Television, and World2Be Productions. It is scheduled for theatrical release worldwide starting in Los Angeles from May 31st, New York from June 7th and online release from June 4th 2013.
Screened at over 400 private venues around the world including...
European Parliament, Brussels (Mar. 27, 2013)
London School of Economics (Mar. 20, 2013)
Google Headquarters (Jan. 24th 2013)
Israeli parliament (Apr. 24, 2103)
The US Congress (Sep. 20, 2012)
American Philosophical Society (May 16, 2012)
(The film is in English and has English & Chinese Subtitles, and will be available in over 20 languages by the Summer of 2013)
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FREE CHINA: The Courage to Believe Theatrical Trailer Transcript
"When people decide they want to be free...there is nothing that can stop them. " Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Jennifer Zeng: We refused to be terrified.
Dr. Charles Lee: I did not have a thought that I would die. Even if I would die, then I wouldn't be afraid of dying.
Jennifer: It was about 2 O'Clock in the morning when the police came to me, and took me away.
Charles: I was arrested at the airport, so I knew something bad would happen.
Jennifer: Do you know, you will get arrested sooner or later, and I said why, then he answered very seriously, because of your thought.
Ethan Gutmann: Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance...they were taking this very seriously. This is an authoritarian state,...things like this don't happen.
Congressman Chris Smith: Faith gives people the backbone, to withstand unbelievable waves of repression.
Jennifer: I closed my eyes, and tried to summon all my will.
Charles: This is exactly what I was forced to make...Homer Simpson slippers
Hon. David Kilgour: It wasn't an examination to show their health, it was an examination to see whether their organs would good for sale to foreigners...but these are human beings we're talking about.
Charles: I would do this as an American citizen because this is my right and my responsibility because I got this...I love this...I treasure this freedom.
David: The world has shrunk so much today...that it effects us all.
Jennifer: So I am here today, on behalf of more than 77 million Chinese people who have chosen to quit the Communist Party and its related organizations. And the 1.3 billion Chinese who yearn to be free; free to think, free to speak, free to write, free to gather and freedom...to believe.
This year we spread the truth...and break through the Great Internet Firewall of China
From June 4
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