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Release Date:
February 2, 2024
Original Title:
State Organs: Unmasking Transplant Abuse in China
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
RooYee Films Production Inc.
Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 74
When two young people mysteriously disappeared in police custody in mainland China, their families began a 20-year dangerous search for them within the communist state. What they encountered was merciless rejection, a shocking state crime, and eventually, a sense of hope as a renewal of traditional faith emerged in China. The atrocity of state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in China is comparable to the holocaust in World War II, with tens of thousands of victims, but the difference is: it is still going on. From Peabody Award-winning Filmmaker and Emmy Award-winning Composer.
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