Letter from Masanjia
Letter from Masanjia is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Leon Lee and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles the case of Sun Yi, a Chinese political prisoner who was responsible for exposing significant human rights abuses at the Masanjia Labor Camp when his letter was found by Oregon resident Julie Keith in a box of Halloween decorations.[2]
Letter from Masanjia | |
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Directed by | Leon Lee |
Produced by | Leon Lee |
Written by | Caylan Ford Leon Lee |
Starring | Sun Yi Julie Keith |
Music by | Michael Richard Plowman |
Cinematography | Marcus Fung |
Edited by | Patrick Carroll |
Production company | Flying Cloud Productions |
Release date | April 27, 2018 (Hot Docs) |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The film premiered on April 27, 2018, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3]
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[4]
References
- Jaworowski, Ken (September 13, 2018). "Review: A Prisoner's Smuggled Plea Sets 'Letter From Masanjia' in Motion". The New York Times.
- Crust, Kevin (September 13, 2018). "Review: 'Letter from Masanjia' shares heartbreaking story of human rights abuses in China". Los Angeles Times.
- Lederman, Marsha (April 26, 2018). "Documentary reveals the man behind the SOS letter from China's notorious Masanjia labour camp". The Globe and Mail.
- Walsh, Barry (February 8, 2019). ""Anthropocene", "Amazing Race Canada" among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen.
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