UK Private Screening of the yet to be released….

“Free China: The Courage to Believe”
Timely Film Exposes Extremes of “Laogai “ (controversial Slave Labor Camps)
that the Chinese Communist Party recently vowed to reform by year end

Plus UK Premier of “Free China” Music Video with Hollywood Actress
Q’orianka Kilcher (who plays ‘Pocahontas’ in The New World) singing the theme song.

Followed by panel discussion with Producer Kean Wong and Slave Labor Camp Survivor Jennifer Zeng

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (March 18^th 2013) Already the winner of five international film festivals, Free China: The Courage to Believe, the controversial film that the Chinese Communist Party doesn’t want you to see, will have Private screenings at Birckbeck College on Monday 18^th March, LSE on Wednesday 20^th March 2013 and Thursday 21^st March 2013 at Imperial College London. Following the screenings will be Q&A with the producer and guest panelists.

Directed by Michael Perlman of Tibet: Beyond Fear, and co-produced with NTD Television, Free China examines the widespread human rights violations inside China through the remarkable stories of best-selling author Jennifer Zeng, a mother and former Communist Party member, and Dr. Charles Lee, an American Chinese businessman. Both Jennifer and Charles were, along with hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens in China who continue to be, tortured and subjected to slave labor for their spiritual beliefs in the Falun Gong meditation practice.

Covering issues ranging from forced abortions, to live organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience, this timely film sheds light on how anti-censorship internet technologies and a re-emergence of traditional values is bringing about a Free China.

Comments about the film:

“I hope this film changes our world.” Margaret Chew Barringer, Founder of American Insight

“Intensely Compelling…Extraordinary” Karen Curry, Former CNN New York Bureau Chief

“This film will be a Game Changer.” US Congressman Chris Smith, Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. 

 “Free China shows the way to a more democratic and peaceful regime…where everybody wins instead of the Communist Party.”  Peter Navarro, Co-Author and Producer/Director of “Death by China”

Guest Panelists Include:

Jennifer Zeng, Former Chinese Communist Party Member, best selling author of “Witnessing History: One Chinese Woman’s Fight for Freedom” and main subject of film

Ethan Gutmann, Author of “Losing The New China” and Contributor for The Asian Wall Street Journal

Kean Wong, Award winning Producer of Free China: The Courage to Believe

SCREENING DETAILS: (61 minute film) Q&A after the screenings with producer & guest panelists:

Monday 18th March 2013

The Birkbeck Cinema, 41 Gordon Square (use entrance at 43 Gordon Square)

Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1H 0PD

14:00 -17:00 (GMT)

For free tickets email/call Neil Woodrow below

Wednesday 20th March 2013

The LSE SU Grimshaw IR Club, CLM 3.02, 99 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF

18:30 to 21:00 (GMT)

For free tickets register here – http://lsesugrimshawfreechina.eventbrite.com

Thursday 21st March 2013

Lecture Theatre 144, Huxley Building, Imperial College London,

South Kensington Campus, 180 Queen’s Gate, London, SW7 2AZ

(Just Google Map 180 Queen’s Gate, London, SW7 2AZ)

18:30 to 21:00 (GMT)

For free tickets register here – http://imperialamnestyfreechina.eventbrite.co.uk/

Film’s website & trailer: www.FreeChinaMovie.com

Media Kit: www.FreeChinaMovie.com/media/

PRESS CONTACT

Neil Woodrow UK coordinator for Free China
Email: Neil.woodrow@ntdtv.com Mobile: 07710507333

Written by Rachel Ham
Saturday, 09 March 2013 21:22

Examining widespread human rights violations in China through remarkable stories, “Free China: The Courage to Believe” will premiere at Presbyterian College this month.

PC’s Russell Program in Media, Technology, and Society and the Program in Southern Studies will present the film and also host a discussion with director/producer/writer Michael Perlman, on Monday, March 18.

The event is set for 7 p.m. in Harrington-Peachtree 214. This film comes to PC as part of the South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers.

From the award-winning director of “Tibet: Beyond Fear,” “Free China: The Courage to Believe” examines widespread human rights violations in China through the remarkable stories of Jennifer Zeng, a mother and former Communist Party member; Dr. Charles Lee, a Chinese-American businessman; and hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens who are imprisoned, tortured and subjected to slave labor for their spiritual beliefs.

As political tensions rise in China with the latest corruption scandals surfacing, along with more than 100,000 protests occurring each year inside China, this timely documentary film provides new information that connects China’s widespread human rights violations with systemic unfair trade practices. The practices result in exporting many prison/forced labor products into the United States and state-sanctioned organ harvesting for profit.

The film also highlights how Internet technologies are aiding human rights activists in China and around the world by allowing uncensored information into closed societies. In addition, the film sheds light on how a re-emergence of traditional Chinese culture and spirituality are helping bring about a new China.

The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of South Arts. Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. South Arts, a nonprofit regional arts organization, was founded in 1975 to build on the South’s unique heritage and enhance the public value of the arts.

South Arts’ work responds to the arts environment and cultural trends with a regional perspective. South Arts offers an annual portfolio of activities designed to address the role of the arts in impacting the issues important to our region, and to link the South with the nation and the world through the arts. For more information, visit www.southarts.org.

For more information on this screening and discussion, contact Dr. Molly McGehee at 833-8356.

South Arts – Building a better South through the Arts – South Arts
www.southarts.org
South Arts is a nonprofit regional arts organization that has been making a positive difference in the arts throughout the South since 1975.

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For the FULL South Arts Film Festival schedule where director Michael Perlman will be attending please visit

http://www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.1315601/apps/s/content.asp?ct=8537875

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:(October 24, 2012) On Friday November 2^ndat the Free Thinking Film Society will host a special press conference with the producers and special guests of “Free China: The Courage to Believe” and “Death by China”at the Library and Archives in Ottawa, Canada. With the US elections upon us, this timely press conference and panel discussion, chaired by Festival director Fred Litwin, will raise important issues related to how China’s rise and our China policies will shape North America’s future as well that of the rest of the world.

Speaking at the press conference will be Kean Wong, producer of the award-winning film “Free China: The Courage To Believe”and Jennifer Zeng, Chinese slave labor camp survivor and best-selling author of the book,“Witnessing History: One Woman’s Fight for Freedom and Falun Gong.”

Also joining the press conference will be Greg Autry, co-author of the book Death by China: Confronting the Dragon, a major release from Prentice Hall and a book that has proved to be influential in America policy circles.Mr. Autry will discuss China’s tightly integrated economic, military, propaganda, and espionage strategies and their implications for Western governments and businesses. He will also discuss the growing dangers of a “China induced” regional or global conflict and the significant, though often unanalyzed risks that threat might present to Western firms and investors betting on China.

At 7:00 pm, on the same day, the Festival will feature the Canadian premiere of “Death by China,” a film about the increasingly destructive economic trade practices of a rapidly rising China.Author and producer of the film, Greg Autry will also be in attendance.

Screening at 12pm on Saturday Nov 3^rd at the festival will be Free China: The Courage to Believe, a co-production between NTD Television and World2Be Productions. The film examines the widespread human rights violation inside China – from forced abortions to live organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience – through the remarkable stories of best-selling author Jennifer Zeng, a mother and former Communist Party member, and Dr. Charles Lee, an American Chinese businessman. Both Jennifer and Charles along with hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens in China, were tortured and subjected to slave labor for their spiritual beliefs in the Falun Gong meditation practice.

This film also documents multi-national companies that profit from slave labor and reveals how anti-censorship internet technologies and a re-emergence of traditional values are bringing about a new China, one that will finally be free of the Chinese Communist Party.

What people are saying about these films:

“A truly life-changing, mouth-dropping documentary film…”-Francesca McCaffery, Blackbook Magazine [Regarding Death by China].

“I hope this film changes our world.” Margaret Chew Barringer, American Insight & Free Speech Film Festival founder[Regarding Free China].

“Free China” and “Death by China” Press Conference

Presented by the Free Thinking Film Society

Friday, November 2^nd
10:00am to 11:00am(free and open to the public).

Room 156, Library And Archives Canada
395 Wellington, Ottawa

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Free Thinking Film Festival Screenings:

“Death by China”

Friday, November 2^nd 7:00pm (followed by Q&A with Greg Autry & Guests)

Main Auditorium, Library And Archives Canada
395 Wellington, Ottawa
Website: www.DeathByChina.com

“Free China: The Courage to Believe”

Saturday, November 3^rd12:00pm (followed by Q&A with Kean Wong and Guests)
Room 156, Library And Archives Canada

395 Wellington, Ottawa

Website: www.FreeChinaMovie.com

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Other events and tickets for all film screenings at the Festival:
www.FreeThinkingFilmFest.ca

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PRESS CONTACTS

Fred Litwin, founder of FreeThinking Film Society
Email: fred.litwin@gmail.comTel: +1 (613)-261-9060

Greg Autry, Producer/Co-author of Death by China
Email: greg@gregautry.usTel: +1 (714)-366-8920

Kean Wong,Producer of Free China
Email: kean.wong@ntdtv.com Tel: +1 (347)-681-3987