BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20121026T000000Z DTEND:20121026T023000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Free China: The Courage to Believe Award-winning Film at Aurora History Museum DESCRIPTION:Already the winner of four international film festivals\, Free China: The Courage to Believe will be screened at the Aurora History Museum as part of its current exhibition\, An Epic Journey: Aurora's Asian/Pacific Communities Film Series. Following the screening will be Q&A with Kean Wong\, the producer of the film and Jim Fogarty\, the US News editor for The Epoch Times\, an international news media specializing in China news coverage\, with a thorough understanding of economic\, human rights\, and cultural issues. Visit online: www.FreeChinaMovie.com\n\n\n\nThursday\, Oct. 25\, at the Aurora History Museum\, 15051 E. Alameda Parkway\, Free and Open to the Public\n\n6 to 6:30 p.m. Gourmet Reception (RSVP for reception only - 720-382-8726\; vivian.lam@ntdtv.com)\n\n6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Film Screening\n\n7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Q&A with film producer and guests\n\n\n\nWith the China trade policy a key issue raised by both U.S. presidential candidates\, this timely film sheds light on how anti-censorship internet technologies and a re-emergence of traditional values is bringing about a new China a China that not only will benefit the US and the rest of the world but one free from the legacy of the most brutal dictatorship in history.\n\n\n\nBackground:\n\nDirected by Michael Perlman of Tibet: Beyond Fear\, and co-produced with NTD Television\, Free China examines the widespread human rights violation inside China - from forced abortions to live organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience - through the remarkable stories of best-selling author Jennifer Zeng\, a mother and former Communist Party member\, and Dr. Charles Lee\, an American Chinese businessman. Both Jennifer and Charles along with hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens in China\, were tortured and subjected to slave labor for their spiritual beliefs in the Falun Gong meditation practice.\n\n\n\nComments about the film:\n\nKaren Curry\, former CNN New York Bureau Chief\, praised the film as "Intensely compelling extraordinary."\n\n\n\n"This Film will be a Game Changer." US Congressman Chris Smith\, Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.\n\n\n\n"Free China shows the way to a more democratic and peaceful regime where everybody wins instead of the Communist Party." Peter Navarro\, Co-Author and Producer/Director of "Death by China"\n\n\n\nThis film series is sponsored by the Aurora History Museum\, the City of Aurora\, the Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership\, the Aurora Credit Union Alliance\, the Aurora Museum Foundation\, the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District\, and The Epoch Times newspaper. For more information\, please call 303-739-6667 or visit www.auroramuseum.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Already the winner of four international film festivals\, Free China: The Courage to Believe will be screened at the Aurora History Museum as part of its current exhibition\, An Epic Journey: Aurora&rsquo\;s Asian/Pacific Communities Film Series. Following the screening will be Q&\;A with Kean Wong\, the producer of the film and Jim Fogarty\, the US News editor for The Epoch Times\, an international news media specializing in China news coverage\, with a thorough understanding of economic\, human rights\, and cultural issues. Visit online: www.FreeChinaMovie.com
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\nThursday\, Oct. 25\, at the Aurora History Museum\, 15051 E. Alameda Parkway\, Free and Open to the Public
\n6 to 6:30 p.m. &ndash\; Gourmet Reception (RSVP for reception only - 720-382-8726\; vivian.lam@ntdtv.com)
\n6:30 to 7:30 p.m. &ndash\; Film Screening
\n7:30 to 8:30 p.m. &ndash\; Q&\;A with film producer and guests
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\nWith the China trade policy a key issue raised by both U.S. presidential candidates\, this timely film sheds light on how anti-censorship internet technologies and a re-emergence of traditional values is bringing about a new China&hellip\;a China that not only will benefit the US and the rest of the world but one free from the legacy of the most brutal dictatorship in history.
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\nBackground:
\nDirected by Michael Perlman of Tibet: Beyond Fear\, and co-produced with NTD Television\, Free China examines the widespread human rights violation inside China - from forced abortions to live organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience - through the remarkable stories of best-selling author Jennifer Zeng\, a mother and former Communist Party member\, and Dr. Charles Lee\, an American Chinese businessman. \; Both Jennifer and Charles along with hundreds of thousands of peaceful citizens in China\, were tortured and subjected to slave labor for their spiritual beliefs in the Falun Gong meditation practice.
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\nComments about the film:
\nKaren Curry\, former CNN New York Bureau Chief\, praised the film as &ldquo\;Intensely compelling &hellip\;extraordinary.&rdquo\;
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\n&ldquo\;This Film will be a Game Changer.&rdquo\; US Congressman Chris Smith\, Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
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\n&ldquo\;Free China shows the way to a more democratic and peaceful regime&hellip\;where everybody wins instead of the Communist Party.&rdquo\; Peter Navarro\, Co-Author and Producer/Director of &ldquo\;Death by China&rdquo\;
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\nThis film series is sponsored by the Aurora History Museum\, the City of Aurora\, the Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership\, the Aurora Credit Union Alliance\, the Aurora Museum Foundation\, the Scientific &\; Cultural Facilities District\, and The Epoch Times newspaper. For more information\, please call 303-739-6667 or visit www.auroramuseum.org. LOCATION:Aurora History Museum\, 15051 E. Alameda Parkway UID:e.347.90056 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260520T053345Z URL:https://business.aurorachamber.org/events/details/free-china-the-courage-to-believe-award-winning-film-at-aurora-history-museum-10-25-2012-90056 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR