Not Rated | 1h20m | Documentary | 2020 In 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime ordered the eradication of the meditation practice known as Falun Gong. What is so insidious about the subsequent roundup, torture, and murder of thousands of the movement’s practitioners is that Falun Gong is an entirely peaceful practice with no political agendas.
Director Kay Rubacek’s recent documentary “Finding Courage” details the history of Falun Gong, as well as the story of one family’s involvement in this traditional, spiritual movement.
The documentary begins by interviewing various people who used to be a part of the CCP machine—including a former prison labor camp director, secret police officer, and judge. As they explain, when the CCP came to power in 1949, it quickly established itself as a highly totalitarian, single-party dictatorship with a “one perspective, one belief” principle that everyone was (and still is) expected to follow….