The production of award-winning documentary “Eternal Spring,” which has been selected to represent Canada in the Oscars, faced pressure from the Chinese communist regime, said the film’s director, whose family also received threats from Beijing.
The film, directed by Torontonian Jason Loftus, is based on the true stories of 18 brave individuals who in 2002 tapped into a Chinese state television station. The story and animation were drawn by acclaimed Chinese artist Daxiong, who looked back at the events that occurred 20 years ago in his homeland, where he and his fellow practitioners of the spiritual practice Falun Gong became targets of a brutal persecution directed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)….