1h 48min | 22 October 2021 Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is an ancient, peaceful spiritual discipline from China that is practiced by a considerable number of people—not only the Chinese but also many other folk—worldwide. Falun Gong has graceful exercises and meditation for health, but unlike tai chi or other forms of qigong, it teaches people how to be kinder and to lead more virtuous lives. Indeed, Falun Gong seeks to cultivate its practitioners’ hearts in accordance with its core tenants of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. Since the time of its humble introduction in the early 1990s by a man named Li Hongzhi, it has always been a peaceful movement and quickly experienced a meteoric rise in popularity. Directed by human rights maverick Leon Lee (who also directed 2014’s “Human Harvest” about illegal organ harvesting), “Unsilenced” is a film that is based on the real-life events of …