On Parliament Hill on Feb. 13, MPs hosted a special screening of “Eternal Spring,” an award-winning film depicting Beijing’s persecution of religious rights. The animated documentary is Canada’s selection in the category of Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards next month.
Directed by Torontonian Jason Loftus and animated by acclaimed Chinese artist Daxiong, “Eternal Spring” pieces together events that occurred in China nearly 20 years ago. It tells the story of 18 Chinese citizens who managed to tap into state cable television and broadcast uncensored news about the Beijing regime’s persecution campaign against Falun Gong adherents.
Liberal MP Judy Sgro and Conservative MP Garnett Genuis hosted the Feb. 13 screening, ahead of the 21st anniversary of the TV station hijacking effort that took place on March 5, 2002, in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province. In English, Changchun means “eternal spring.”…