Movie Screening: Unsilenced (2021)

A jaded American reporter. A team of promising college students. When the state launches a brutal persecution against 100 million citizens, will they risk everything to expose the deadly propaganda? 

Based on true events, “Unsilenced” follows Wang, a university student in Beijing, and his friends as their carefree days are shattered by the crackdown of the spiritual practice Falun Dafa in China, which started in 1999 and continues to this day. As the leader of the Communist party mobilizes the entire country to fabricate lies and suppress voices of dissent, these students cross paths with Daniel, a cynical American reporter struggling to find meaning in his profession. With the risk of Pr*son, torture, and even death looming over them, they must all make a choice: to go with their conscience and speak the truth, or to remain silent as atrocious crimes go on behind closed doors. 

Directed by Peabody Award-winner Leon Lee, this film has earned praise for its true portrayal of courage and insistence of the right, including the Audience Award at the 2021 Austin Film Festival.

Host or Publisher Falun Dafa Club at Indiana University