Finding Courage

1hr 21min  |  English  |  Documentary

A former journalist for the Chinese Communist Party (YIFEI WANG), living in exile in San Francisco, struggles to settle into life in America while working to heal her family’s wounds from their tragic past. She is seeking justice for the murder of her sister at the hands of the Chinese authorities. Rare undercover footage of a meeting with the director of the labor camp where Yifei’s sister was killed reveals shocking admissions of torture, slave labor, corruption, and a general disregard for human life pervading the camp system today. Exclusive interviews with former Chinese Communist Party officials provide a unique insight into the hidden world of terror that many Chinese citizens live without ever knowing that life can, and does, exist with freedom outside their world.
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Synopsis

A former journalist for the Chinese Communist Party (YIFEI WANG), living in exile in San Francisco, struggles to settle into life in America while working to heal her family’s wounds from their tragic past. She is seeking justice for the murder of her sister at the hands of the Chinese authorities. Rare undercover footage of a meeting with the director of the labor camp where Yifei’s sister was killed reveals shocking admissions of torture, slave labor, corruption, and a general disregard for human life pervading the camp system today. Exclusive interviews with former Chinese Communist Party officials provide a unique insight into the hidden world of terror that many Chinese citizens live without ever knowing that life can, and does, exist with freedom outside their world.

Credits

director: Kay Rubacek

writer: Kay Rubacek

producer: Kay Rubacek, Paulio Shakespeare

Associate Producer: Ray Chen, Susan Chen, Kacey Cox, Timothy Gebhart, Malury Imbernon, Adrian Morales-Demori, Scott Shields

Executive Producer: Stephanie Li, Loren McCune

Composer: Bruce Aronson, Francis Galluccio

Cinematographer: Paulio Shakespeare

Editor: Mauricio Pineda, Kay Rubacek

Re-Recording Mixer: Malury Imbernon, Adrian Morales-Demori

Audio Producer: Tahu Parkinson