Not Rated | 1h 25min | Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Animation | Oct. 14, 2022 (USA)
On March 5, 2002, practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong hacked China’s state-run television in order to broadcast videos exposing their persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCP condemned the act as a hijacking by “enemies of the state.”
In an animated scene from documentary “Eternal Spring,” CCP agents capture one of the people who hacked Changchun media. (Lofty Sky Pictures)
Combining slow-moving exercises and teachings based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance, the spiritual discipline aims to help practitioners attain spiritual enlightenment. Falun Gong is as far removed from “enemies of the state” as one could possibly imagine….