Letter from Masanjia

Letter from Masanjia is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Leon Lee and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles the case of Sun Yi, a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner turned political prisoner who was responsible for exposing significant human rights abuses at the Masanjia Labor Camp when his letter was found by Oregon resident Julie Keith in a box of Halloween decorations, and made headlines worldwide.[2] The discovery of this letter and the subsequent wide coverage by news agencies in part led to China announcing major reforms, and the abolishment of the labor camp system.

Letter from Masanjia
Directed byLeon Lee
Produced byLeon Lee
Written byCaylan Ford
Leon Lee
StarringSun Yi
Julie Keith
Music byMichael Richard Plowman
CinematographyMarcus Fung
Edited byPatrick Carroll
Production
company
Flying Cloud Productions
Release date
April 27, 2018 (Hot Docs)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered on April 27, 2018, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[4]

The film met with high praise, garnering an IMDB rating of 7.8 out of 10[5], and a 100% scoring on Rotten Tomatoes[6].

References
  1. Jaworowski, Ken (September 13, 2018). "Review: A Prisoner's Smuggled Plea Sets 'Letter From Masanjia' in Motion". The New York Times.
  2. Crust, Kevin (September 13, 2018). "Review: 'Letter from Masanjia' shares heartbreaking story of human rights abuses in China". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Lederman, Marsha (April 26, 2018). "Documentary reveals the man behind the SOS letter from China's notorious Masanjia labour camp". The Globe and Mail.
  4. Walsh, Barry (February 8, 2019). ""Anthropocene", "Amazing Race Canada" among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen.
  5. Letter from Masanjia, retrieved 2020-08-12
  6. Letter from Masanjia (2018), retrieved 2020-08-12


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