Free China: The Courage to Believe

The award-winning “Free China: The Courage to Believe” tells the story of a mother and former Chinese Communist Party member Jennifer Zeng, who along with more than 70 million Chinese, were practicing a belief that combines Buddhism and Daoism until it was outlawed. 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 reeducation in a prison camp where he endured forced labor, making amongst other things, Homer Simpson slippers sold at stores throughout the United States.

With numerous 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.