Human Harvest (2014 film)

Human Harvest
(Davids and Goliath)

Poster of Human Harvest
Directed by Leon Lee
Written by Leon Lee
Release dates
 2014
Running time
 52 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Human Harvest, or Davids and Goliath (Chinese: 活摘,大衛戰紅魔) is a 2015 Peabody Award-winning documentary film, directed by Vancouver filmmaker Leon Lee, which follows the investigative work by Canadian Nobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour on the accusation that whether and how state-run hospitals in China harvested and sold organs, by killing tens of thousands of prisoners of conscience, who are mainly Falun Gong practitioners.[1]

Production

The film is supported by the Canada Media Fund’s Diverse Languages Program, which supports productions on Canadian diversity. The program funds projects in languages other than English, French, or Canadian Aboriginal languages. Human Harvest was produced originally in Mandarin.[2]

In addition to the work by the filmmaker Leon Lee, two Canadian film companies contributed to the production of the film: Principal of Flying Cloud Productions in Vancouver, and Toronto-based Mark Media.[2]

Impact

Comments by Peabody Awards judges

According to Peabody Awards judges:[1][3][4]

With powerful testimonials about the intricacies of the trade and the human cost, including interviews with Chinese doctors who confide they’ve been coerced into removing organs from live political prisoners, this is a harrowing exposé of a fiendish system of forced organ donor transplants.

Peabody Awards winners must receive all unanimous support from the 17 members of the Peabody Board of Jurors.[2]

News

On April 7, 2015, Dateline of SBS Australia broadcast the film and urged the Australian Government to do something to help stop illegal organ trade in China.[5][6][7][8] The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the investigators including David Matas and his colleagues are "pushing for the perpetrators to stand before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity".[9][10][11]

In 2015 the Communist Party of China said it would stop harvesting the organs of executed prisoners, an announcement about which the filmmaker Lee is skeptical.[1]

Film companies

Two Canadian film companies, which worked on the documentary, will continue to work on other projects, including an in-depth investigation on the controversies around the Confucius Institutes.[12]

Awards

David Matas (left) and David Kilgour, 2007

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tiffany Crawford, (2015-04-24). "Vancouver filmmaker wins prestigious Peabody Award for organ harvesting documentary". The Vancouver Sun.
  2. 1 2 3 CMF Supported Human Harvest Wins Peabody Award, broadcastermagazine.com 23 Apr 2015
  3. ↑ "(Winner 2014)Human Harvest: China’s Illegal Organ Trade (International Syndication)". Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Human Harvest Wins Prestigious Peabody Award". Canada Media Fund. 2015-04-23.
  5. ↑ SBS (2015-04-08). "Dateline: Human harvest - China’s organ trafficking". SBS_TV.
  6. ↑ Leon Lee (2015-04-07). "Human Harvest: China’s Organ Trafficking". SBS_TV.
  7. ↑ Leon Lee (2015-04-08). "Human Harvest: Filmmaker Q&A（film）". SBS.
  8. ↑ John Carney (2015-04-06). "A Human Harvest: China’s organ trafficking exposed in shocking documentary that alleges the illegal trade is now worth a staggering US$1 billion a year". Daily Mail Australia.
  9. ↑ Kate Aubusson (2015-04-08). "China's gruesome live organ harvest exposed in documentary". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ↑ K, Jayalakshmi (2015-04-08). "China: Film exposes state sponsored organ harvesting from live prisoners". International Business Times.
  11. ↑ "China’s other big business: Harvesting organs from prisoners when they’re still alive". News.com.au. 2015-04-08.
  12. ↑ Joel Marino Flying Cloud Productions & Mark Media Team Up to Produce New Titles, May 1, 2015
  13. ↑ "Salem Film Fest 2015 Awards". Salem Film Fest. 2015-03-12.
  14. ↑ "Flathead Lake International Cinemafest 2015 Awards". FLIC.
  15. ↑ "Big Muddy Film Festival Award Winners". Big Muddy Film Festival. 2015-03-01.
  16. ↑ "2014The Humanitarian Award(List)". Global Film Awards. 2014-12-21.
  17. ↑ "Humanitarian Award 2014 Nominees". The Indie Fest. 2014.
  18. ↑ "Davids and Goliath wins Viewster Online Film Fest (#VOFF4)". Viewster. 2014-12-08.
  19. ↑ "Official Website: Hamilton Film Festival". Hamilton Film Festival.

External links

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