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United Kingdom: A Film about Falun Gong is Shown During the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
By an English practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) The annual International Human
Rights Documentary Film Festival was held from the 17th to the 20th of September
2004, at the biggest cinema in Glasgow, Scotland. Seventy films about human
rights problems from different countries and nations participated in this
festival. Among them, a film revealing the truth of the persecution of Falun
Gong practitioners in China by Jiang's regime was also shown. It left a profound
impression on the audience. During the film festival, Falun Gong practitioners had an
information stall outside the cinema where they displayed a poster about Falun
Gong, distributed leaflets and collected petition signatures. Many people came
to sign the petition after reading the poster and learning more about the
suppression of Falun Gong practitioners' human rights in China. By doing so,
they showed their support to Falun Gong practitioners. The showing of the film should have started at 6pm on
Saturday the 18th. But after the audience sat down, the staff found out that the
cinema's DVD player did not work, so they went to change it. During the wait,
two practitioners introduced Falun Gong and the truth about the persecution to
the audience. Everyone listened very carefully and asked questions. After they finished watching the film, many people asked for
more information about Falun Gong. There were also some people who stayed behind
and talked for a long time with the practitioners. A westerner said the film
about Falun Gong that he watched today gave him the most profound impression and
was really shocking. A Chinese gentleman, who specifically came to watch the film
about Falun Gong, said that the reason he made this special trip was that he
really want to see this film which was made by those who have first-hand
experience of what is happening in China. When he talked about his feelings
after watching the films, he said, "It is very moving to see that so many
overseas countries and human rights organizations care about the human rights
problems in China. It was quite shocking as well." He hoped this
persecution could end soon. |