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.

I WANT TO THANK TH CINEMA VILLAGE FOR BRINGING BACK "STATE ORGANS." I HOPE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL GO TO SEE IT & WILL LEAVE COMMENTS ON YOUR "WRITE A REVIEW" PAGE. I WOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRIAL OF JIMMY LAI, THE HONG KONG ACTIVIST WHO IS BEING PERSECUTED BY THE CCP DICTATORS.

MY FIRST REVIEW WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ''HORRIFIC ACCOUNT OF FASCISM AT ITS WORST." I'M SORRY FOR THE MISSPELLING. I JUST HOPE THAT THIS FILM WILL HAVE A LIFE BEYOND ITS ENGAGEMENT AT THE CINEMA VILLAGE SO THAT A LOT MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE HOW MUCH THE MEMBERS OF FALUN GONG- AS WELL AS THE TIBETAN, TAIWANESE, & UIGHAR PEOPLE- HAVE SUFFERED UNDER THE CCP'S DICTATORSHIP.

THIS FILM BECAME EVEN MORE RELEVANT TODAY WITH THE NEWS THAT 45 HONG KONG ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO JAIL. LET'S HOPE THAT OUR INCOMING PRESIDENT WILL SUPPORT HONG KONG LEADERS LIKE EMILY LAU, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN. IN FACT, THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT EVER SPOKE OUT FORCEFULLY AGAINST THE CCP DICTATORS WAS A FRINGE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE NAMED GARY BAUER. I JUST HOPE THAT TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN CRITICS LIKE JOHN BOLTON & LIZ CHENEY WILL SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE CCP DICTATORS. I ALSO HOPE THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS FILM BEFORE IT LEAVES THE CINEMA VILLAGE & ADD SOME COMMENTS.

I WANT TO ADD THAT I HOPE T HAT THE CINEMA VILLAGE WILL SCREEN MORE BRILLIANT DOCUMENTARES LIKE THIS ONE . I WOULD PARTICULARLY LIKE TO SEE "BLACK BOX DIARIES" & "MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK." ALSO, I REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE FILM WHERE THE ARMY THAT WAS CHANGED FROM CHINESE TO NORTH KOREAN WAS CALLED: "RED DAWN." I DIDN'T SEE EITHER THE REMAKE OR THE 1984 ORIGINAL, BUT I WISH THAT THE EXECUTIVES WHO MADE THE CHANGE HAD HAD THE SAME COURAGE AS THE FILMMAKERS OF "STATE ORGANS."

I WANT TO EXTEND A HUGE THANKS TO DIRECTOR RAYMOND ZHANG & EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF THIS HUGELY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY- & THAT INCLUDES DR WILLIAM HUANG, WHO TALKS ABOUT THE FORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, & THE PARENTS OF SUN YEN, WHO TALK ABOUT THE FORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF THEIR DAUGHTER, & ALSO WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS LIKE SIR GEOFFREY NICE & LAWYER DAVID MATTAS. MR. MATTAS MADE A HUGELY IMPORTANT POINT WHEN HE REFUTED THE ACCUSATIONS THAT THE CRITICS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S DICTATORSHIP ARE "ANTI-CHINESE" BY POINTING OUT THAT IT IS THE DICTATORS LIKE JIANG ZE-MIN & XI JINPING WHO ARE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY ANTI-CHINESE . I JUST WISH THAT THIS FILM COULD HAVE BEEN MADE BY AN AMERICAN FILM COMPANY INSTEAD OF A CANADIEN FILM COMPAN, BUT THE AMERICAN FILM COMPANIES ARE SO BEHOLDEN TO THE CCP DICTATORS. I STILL REMEMBER HOW THE STUDIO THAT MADE SOME FILM ABOUT AN INVASION FROM CHINA (I'M AFRAID I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE FILM, BUT IT WAS A REMAKE OF A FILM FROM 1984) CHANGED THE INVADERS TO NORTH KOREANS IN ORDER TO AVOID OFFENDING THE CCP DICTATORS. I ALSO REMEMBER HOW JOHN CENA WAS FORCED TO FILM AN APOLOGY BECAUSE HE REFERRED TO TAIWAN AS A SEPERATE COUNTRY FROM CHINA. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE COMMENT FROM THE GENTLEMAN WHO SAID HE SAW THIS FILM IN A THEATER IN TAIWAN BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT THE TAIWANESE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO STAND UP TO THE CCP DICTATORS, WHICH IS WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEM AS WELL AS THE TIBETAN & UIGHAR PEOPLE & THE PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG. THEY - ALONG WITH THE FALUN GONG SUPPORTERS WHO ARE DEPICTED IN THIS FILM-ARE ALL SUFFERING JUST AS MUCH AS THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING MASSACRED BY THAT OTHER EVIL DICTATOR, VLADIMIR PUTIN.

I saw it in Taiwan theater. Will watch again. Best documentary I have ever seen that resonates in my heart.