Letter from Masanjia

Name: Letter from Masanjia
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 14, 2018
Duration: 75 min
Cast: Anonymous, Fu Ning, Julie Keith, Yi Sun

2018

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| Release Date: September 14, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Anonymous, Fu Ning, Julie Keith, Yi Sun

Summary: An SOS note scrawled in desperation in a Chinese labor camp. An American woman finds it in a package from Kmart, publicizes its message: “We’re being tortured.” The letter-writer, now free, sets out to film the truth about life in China and tell his whole story. But can he outrun the secret police?

Director: Leon Lee

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 min

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Ken Jaworowski

Sep 13, 2018

It’s an important story, made more intense by its tight focus. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Sep 13, 2018

A heartbreaking nightmare for the couple, a life-changing event for Keith, yet together their stories make Lee’s amazing film deserving of a broad audience. Letter From Masanjia is a bracing reminder of our sometimes blindered approach to globalization and the effects of simple actions. Read full review

Adam Keller

Sep 15, 2018

Sun Yi’s stoicism is admirable and moving, but it’s his ex-wife Fu Ning’s tearful recollection of their separation that cements the story in your mind. Her testimony does what so many activist documentaries fail to do: make large-scale suffering real to the viewer. Read full review

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Autumninaday

Nov 26, 2018

This is a jaw-dropping story that transformed my perseptions of where the things I buy might be coming from: scary Chinese prisons that hold innocent political prisoners. I comend Julie Keith for her persistence in getting the SOS note to the public and to the filmmakers who took this on andThis is a jaw-dropping story that transformed my perseptions of where the things I buy might be coming from: scary Chinese prisons that hold innocent political prisoners. I comend Julie Keith for her persistence in getting the SOS note to the public and to the filmmakers who took this on and did such a tremendous job. Most of all, I admire Sun Yi, the brave main character who never gave up and always fought for freedom.… Expand

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