Letter from Masanjia (2018)

Directed by

Leon Lee

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

PG

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the true story of a letter from a political prisoner that was found in a box of Halloween decorations. It led to worldwide news coverage and major reforms in China. The film focuses on the people involved and the impact of this discovery.

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What happens

Letter from Masanjia is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Leon Lee and released in 2018. The film profiles the case of Sun Yi, a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner turned political prisoner who was responsible for exposing significant human rights abuses at the Masanjia Labor Camp when his letter was found by Oregon resident Julie Keith in a box of Halloween decorations, and made headlines worldwide. The discovery of this letter and the subsequent wide coverage by news agencies in part led to China announcing major reforms, and the abolishment of the labor camp system. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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