State Organs: Unmasking Transplant Abuse in China

I AM VERY THANKFUL TO THE CINEMA VILLAGE FOR BRINGING BACK "STATE ORGANS." I JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW MORE DOCUMENTARIES. I WOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE TO SEE "BLACK BOX DIARIES," "BOGART: LIFE IN FLASHES," "MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK."

I WANT TO CONCLUDE MY REMARKS ON "STATE ORGANS" BY SAYING THAT I AM SO DISAPPOINTED THAT THE NY FILM CRITICS DID NOT PICK "STATE ORGANS" FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE TWO FILMS THAT TIED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY, "SUPERMAN: THE CHRISTPHER REEVE STORY" & ""WILL & HARPER." I AM SURE THAT THEY ARE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT FILMS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT EITHER FILM HAS THE SAME INTERNATIONAL URGENCY AS " STATE ORGANS." I HOPE THAT THE ACADEMY AWARDS WILL HONOR "STATE ORGANS" WITH BEST DOCUMENTARY, BUT I DOUBT THAT THEY WILL BECAUSE THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY IS SO INTIMIDATED BY THE CCP DICTATORS. ALSO, THE ACADEMY AWARDS ASSOCIATION HAS AN ODD HISTORY WHEN IT COMES TO THE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HARROWING DOCUMENTARY, "THE ACT OF WAR," WHICH WAS ABOUT THE BRUTALITY OF THE SUHARTO DICTATORSHIP IN INDONESIA, WAS PASSED OVER IN FAVOR OF A MOVIE ABOUT BACK-UP SINGERS, AND "THE SORROW AND THE PITY" WAS PASSED OVER IN FAVOR OF "THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLES"- A MOVIE ABOUT BUGS. (THAT MUST BE THE ODDEST DECISION IN OSCAR HISTORY. WELL, ACTUALLLY, MAYBE PICKING THE REPUGNANT "SILENCE OF THE LAMBS" S BEST PICTURE OF 1991 WAS AN EVEN ODDER DECISION).I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT "ALL THE LIGHT THAT WE CAN IMAGINE" WON THE NY FILM CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM. I AM JUST SORRY THAT IT WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM BECAUSE THE INDIAN FILM BOARD DIDN'T SUBMIT THAT FILM AS THEIR COUNTRY'S NOMINEES. I HOPE THAT THE ACADEMY BOARD WILL CHANGE ITS POLICY OF ONLY NOMINATING FOREIGN FILMS THAT ARE CHOSEN BY THEIR COUNTRIES' FILM BOARDS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TWO BEST FOREIGN FILMS OF ALL TIME- "AUTUMN SONATA" & "THE STORY OF ADELE H" WERE BOTH DENIED NOMINATIONS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SUBMITTED BY THEIR COUNTRIES' FILM BOARDS. AND, IN THE YEAR THAT "AUTUMN SONATA" LOST OUT ON A NOMINATION (1978) , THE AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM WENT TO THE ABOMINABLE "GET OUT YOUR HANDKERRCHIEFS" (THE WORST FILM TO WIN BEST FOREIGN FILM). I JUST HOPE THAT THE ACADEMY BOARD WILL GIVE A BEST PICTURE NOMINATION TO "AL THE LIGHT THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE" AND WILL ALSO GIVE A BEST DIRECTOR NOMINATION TO PAYAL KAPADIA, A BEST ACTRESS NOMINATION TO KANI KUSRUTI, & A BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINATION TO DIVYA PRABHA.