Gan Jing World Presents Film Tribute to Falun Gong Resisting Persecution
The extended series continues to offer free daily livestreams twice a day, presenting powerful stories that document the 26-year-long persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline rooted in meditation and the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.
The response to the film series has been 'overwhelming, with audiences around the world showing tremendous support and engagement,' reads the event page on Gan Jing World.
The original four-day series ran from July 17 to 20. The new titles running from July 24 to 27 include a mix of documentaries and dramas that reveal the scope of persecution—and the strength of those who resist it.
'Twenty-six years have passed, yet millions of practitioners inside and outside China continue to uphold their faith with peaceful resilience,' the events page states. 'What kind of inner strength enables people to stand against tyranny without retaliation? What kind of conviction inspires them to safeguard the right to tell the truth, no matter the cost?'
Films in the tribute series are available for free, airing twice daily at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. ET through July 27 at GanJingWorld.com.
Extended Film Lineup
July 24 – Canaries in a Cold War This documentary follows musician and activist James H. White as he travels to Washington to write a song in protest of the Beijing Winter Olympics. After hearing harrowing testimony from three sisters tortured in China, White travels to Europe, where he uncovers a sinister global web of media silence around ongoing abuses.
July 25 – Memories A dramatic retelling of the historic 1999 peaceful appeal in Beijing—one of China's largest demonstrations for freedom of belief—'Memories' captures the courage of tens of thousands who petitioned for the right to practice Falun Gong. The story follows Zhang Xiaoyue, who overcame a difficult childhood marked by poverty and abandonment. When her estranged father resurfaced with plans to sell her for money, a compassionate aunt intervened and changed her fate. Years later, Xiaoyue, now a prosecutor, unexpectedly crosses paths with her former rescuer during a trial—only to discover that the kind aunt who once saved her is now the subject of her investigation.
July 26 – Where Are You Set against the backdrop of modern-day China, this drama follows a woman's determined and courageous search for her missing husband. As she navigates a harrowing path of truth and love, she confronts the forces that tore her family apart, all while discovering her own resilience.
July 27 – Hard to Believe This investigative documentary explores the mass harvesting of organs from Chinese prisoners of conscience, particularly Falun Gong practitioners. It challenges the silence of the international medical community and questions: Why has the international medical community failed to intervene?
A Look Back at the Films
The initial lineup included a different set of films. 'Each film reveals the untold stories of courage and perseverance amidst ongoing human rights atrocities. Some are crafted by acclaimed directors, others told by firsthand witnesses—but all are united in truth,' the events page states.
Coming for You II: The Eternal 50 Minutes (July 17) Based on true events, a maliciously planned fire sets off a national movement. A group of ordinary individuals accomplishes a magnificent feat.
Human Harvest (July 18) When reports first emerged from China in 2006 that state-run hospitals were killing prisoners of conscience to sell their organs, it seemed too horrible to believe. But as researchers around the world—including human rights lawyer David Matas and former Canadian Member of Parliament David Kilgour—began to uncover the mystery, the true picture became all too clear. Their evidence suggests that tens of thousands of innocent people have been killed on demand to supply an ongoing illegal organ transplant industry.
That Which We Pass On (July 19) A hospital diagnosis shatters the world of a brother and sister who rely solely on each other for survival. In a desperate attempt to raise money for his sister's treatment, the brother faces one blow after another—no matter how hard he tries, misfortune seems inescapable. But then, a mysterious letter arrives—and it may change the fate of two families forever.
Letter from Masanjia (July 20) An Oregon woman finds an SOS note from a Chinese dissident in a package of Halloween decorations from Kmart, setting off a chain of events that would shut down the entire labor camp system in China and ignite the note-writer's dangerous quest to expose a deadly persecution.
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