Letter from Masanjia

Directed by: Leon Lee Released: 2019 (educational) Year of Production: 2018 Running Time: 76 min.  Language: English Includes English Closed Captioning Subjects: Human Rights, Asian Studies, Multicultural Studies, Religion and Spirituality Studies, Sociology, Immigration and Refugees   Letter from Masanjia begins when mom of two, Julie Keith, finds an SOS note in a box of "Made in China" Halloween decorations from an Oregon Kmart. The Desperate note was written by a political prisoner named Sun Yi, from inside China's notorious Masanjia labor camp. On the crumpled page that travelled over 5000 miles, he details being jailed for his spiritual beliefs and how he is being subjected to torture and brainwashing tactics. His message goes viral and miraculously leads to the closure of China's entire labor camp system. But their story is far from over. Peabody-winning Canadian filmmaker Leon Lee is not welcome in his native country because of his prior films about China's human ri