To gain deeper insights into the power struggles within the Chinese leadership, and the culture and thinking among its top leaders, Cross Roads spoke with Kay Rubacek of Swoop Films about her new book “Who Are China’s Walking Dead?”
A Photo Smuggled out of China Reveals a Desperate Appeal
Here is an image we obtained in producing our latest film “Finding Courage” with quite a story to tell. It is of Yifei (the main character in our documentary) on Tiananmen Square in 2001 holding a banner to appeal to Chinese Communist authorities to stop the persecution of Falun Gong.
"Finding Courage" wins The American Film Award!
Years of painstaking work went into “Finding Courage” to tell Yifei and her family’s story to the best of our ability. It is a story of the human spirit, togetherness, and hope that we knew we needed to share with the world. We are honored “Finding Courage” had been acclaimed by The American Film Awards!
VISION TIMES: The Making of Finding Courage
In many ways, the documentary Finding Courage is an accidental film. Its director, Kay Rubacek from Swoop Films initially, never sought to make it a full-length feature.
Having just finished producing the award-winning Hard to Believe documentary — about forced organ harvesting in China — Kay was looking to make her directorial debut with a short 10-minute film.