Diana Means, host of Visionary Voices goes behind the scenes into the making of our latest film "Finding Courage" with Director Kay Rubacek. Check it out HERE!
Tune in to hear Rollye James, long-time radio talk show host discuss “Who Are China’s Walking Dead?”, a new book (now available for purchase) published by author and filmmaker Kay Rubacek.
Host of War Room Pandemic, Steve Bannon, interviews Director of “Finding Courage,” Kay Rubacek, to discuss the film, the Chinese Communist Party, and U.S. politicians willingness to turn a blind eye to their human rights abuses for financial gain.
Hard To Believe representatives attended Hoboken International Film Festival Opening on June 3, 2016. The event is covered by Epoch Times Orange County. Below is part of the report:
"Those who created and starred in the works presented took to the red carpet to promote their films, TV pilots and documentaries. Kay Rubacek, Yulia Tullar, and Paulio Shakespeare spoke about their documentary, 'Hard to Believe.'
Hard To Believe attended the American Transplant Congress in Boston, June 11-15, 2016.
Adnan Sharif, a nephrologist from the UK, a member of DAFOH, and interviewee in Hard To Believe stopped by the booth, among thousands of other professionals involved in organ transplantation.
A strong message was sent to the Chinese regime against forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience, the majority being Falun Gong practitioners, by the American Congress.
"Hard To Believe" won the Best Documentary award at the 2016 Hoboken International Film Festival. The awards ceremony was held in the historic Paramount Theater in Middletown New York, with hundreds of audience in attendance. The documentary award was sponsored by Mid-Hudson News.
On Tuesday June 7, Hard To Believe was screened at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, on the occasion of the "Zhen Shan Ren Art Exhibition" opening. The event was covered by Jerusalem Times.
Swoop Films producer Kay Rubacek was interviewed by the Chairman of the Hoboken International Film Festival, Kenneth Del Vecchio on WTBQ about the upcoming screening of "Hard To Believe" at the Hoboken international film festival on June 4, at 2 PM at the Paramount Theater in Middletown New York.
“I had stumbled on a gruesome murder mystery.”
— Ken Stone, Director, Hard to Believe
“This is the most destructive thing you can do to a society, to take their most trusted members…and turn them into these monsters.”
— Ethan Gutmann, Investigative Journalist
"'Hard to Believe' is coming to the Hoboken Film Festival on June 4, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre where government forces killed hundreds of peaceful democracy protesters in its main square.
The film follows the trail of Gutmann’s investigation as he begins to unravel the crime that no one wants to admit is happening.
In the documentary 'Hard to Believe,' Investigative reporter Ethan Gutmann recalls the first time he sat down with Falun Gong practitioners who escaped from labor camps and prisons in China.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice with several meditative exercises. First introduced to the public in China in 1992, it began to be persecuted in China in 1999 because of its widespread popularity and belief in the divine, something China’s Communist Party has tried hard to stamp out.
The Falun Gong practitioners he spoke to told him about their torture while imprisoned. Hidden within their horrific accounts was the phrase 'physical exam.' Wait a minute, Gutmann thought to himself. Physical exams? Why? And why only on Falun Gong adherents?
The Falun Gong practitioners he spoke to did not understand his interest in the exams. 'I’ve been tortured in the most horrible ways,' they told him, as if to say this was the least relevant part of their story."
Read the full report online by Epoch Times Orange County.
Swoop Films producer Kay Rubacek was interviewed by the Chairman of the Hoboken International Film Festival, Kenneth Del Vecchio on WTBQ about the upcoming screening of "Hard To Believe" at the Hoboken international film festival on June 4, at 2 PM at the Paramount Theater in Middletown New York.
On May 19-22, 2016, Hard To Believe attended the 12th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation (ICCEC) in Washington, D.C., to help raise awareness of Chinese Community Party's killing of prisoners of conscience, mainly Falun Gong practitioners, for the sale of their organs.
“Hard To Believe” will be screened on Saturday, June 4th, at 2 PM, at the Hoboken International Film Festival (HIFF) in Middletwon, NY.
A review of "Hard To Believe" has been published in the Video Librarian magazine May/June 2016 issue. Below is the text of the full review.
“Everyone should watch this terrifying, well-crafted film, which deals un-sensationally with some of the most awful material I have ever seen covered by a film. I thought I knew about the evils of the Chinese transplant programme, but this really opened my eyes. Congratulations to the makers and to the brave men and women they feature here, who have uncovered and are campaigning against this inhumanity. ”
— Jane Rogers, Author & Editor
A review of Hard To Believe has been published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, "an international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for different disciplinary perspectives on ethical, cultural and social issues in medicine, healthcare, life sciences and biotechnology".
"Hard To Believe", which investigates the Chinese Communist Party's crime of harvesting organs from living prisoners of conscience, mainly Falun Gong practitioners, for profit, and discusses the silence of public media, politicians, and the medical community on the issue, was screened at Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre in Melbourne on March 21, 2016.
Just last week, the U.S. House of Foreign Affairs Committee marked up a new Resolution (H. Res. 343), and unanimously agreed to it, with some passionate speeches of support given by numerous members
Published in the local Houston edition of The Epoch Times.
A film about the killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs in China deeply moved attendees at the 2016 Medicine and Religion Conference held the weekend of March 4 in Houston.
"Hard To Believe" attended the 2016 Medicine and Religion Conference in Houston, Texas, to introduce the issue of organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China for their organs.
The response was very positive. Many attendees were previously unaware of transplant abuse in China or that the spiritual believers of Falun Gong were the primary victims of the crime.
Hard To Believe is broadcasting on WYCCDT (Chicago, IL) at 5:00 PM on Feb. 21, 2016 (Sunday), and at 4:00 AM on Feb 22, 2016 (Monday).
Tune in and be sure to tell your friends watch and thank the programmers for airing it.
Hard To Believe was screened at the New Delhi World Book Fair on January 10, 2016.
Hard To Believe was screened at the ReFrame International Film Festival on Jan. 31 at The Venue, with a lively Q&A session held afterward.
