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Coming Soon: Up We Soar

by wendy 06/07/2020 in Up We Soar

Lying in the school playground with her mom, as mosquitoes hover over her head, seven-year-old Fuyao has no idea what her future holds. Her news anchor dad is doing forced labor. Her mom is not allowed to teach anymore. She and her mom are also forbidden from stepping foot outside […]

The Story of the Display Board

by Xiaoyan 12/17/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

For sixteen years, many Falun Gong practitioners have done their shifts at this vigil. People often take these display boards for granted. Little do they know that practitioners have put a lot of hard work into them for them to look the way they do now. This video clip captures […]

The Story of Gao Yudong — Fifteen Years and Counting

by Xiaoyan 08/26/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

She is a virtuous wife And a proud mother The vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy would never have lasted this long If it weren’t for the fact that she could always be depended on to fill in for any shift And the fact that over a hundred ordinary […]

Li Youfu’s Martial Arts Stories—The Mysterious Old Man in the Teahouse

by Yan 08/15/2018 in Kungfu . Seeking the Tao

In the process of making the documentary: Kung Fu . Seeking the Tao, Mr. Li Youfu told us stories of Kung Fu masters in the past. Here we share some with our audience – During Master Chen Jisheng’s latter years, I sometimes visited him. He liked to brew good tea and […]

Li Youfu – the Iron Ruler

by Yan 08/10/2018 in Kungfu . Seeking the Tao

In the process of making the documentary: Kung Fu . Seeking the Tao, Mr. Li Youfu told us stories of Kung Fu masters in the past. Here we share some with our audience – I had two martial arts masters. One was Master Chen Shengfu. The other was Master Chen Jisheng. […]

Protesters, Police and Passerbys

by Xiaoyan 05/27/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

The best part of our interviews are the accounts shared by the vigil participants. As an old Chinese saying goes: “With a crowd of one hundred people, no two are alike.” These practitioners have met all kinds of people, and run into all kinds of situations. More than one hundred […]

Our new documentary: Tian Guo Marching Band, is just released!

by testadmin 04/15/2018 in Tian Guo Marching Band

Hi Friends, We are so happy to announce that, our new documentary: Tian Guo Marching Band is just released. Please visit legendsunfolding.com, or click here to watch it!

Li Youfu’s Martial Arts Stories — Master Xue Dian’s Kung Fu

by testadmin 04/14/2018 in Kungfu . Seeking the Tao

In the process of making the documentary: Kung Fu . Seeking the Tao, Mr. Li Youfu told us stories of Kung Fu masters in the past. Here we share some with our audience – My martial arts master once shared a true story with me. It’s what he had witnessed […]

English-dubbed version of “Candlelight Across the Street” is released!

by Yan 04/01/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

English-dubbed version of “Candlelight Across the Street” is released! Please feel free to share with family and friends!

Kung Fu – Seeking the Tao (Trailer)

by Yan 03/09/2018 in Kungfu . Seeking the Tao

Since ancient times people have sought the true essence of martial arts. Were the legendary martial arts techniques real or fictional? In today’s busy world where can we find the spirit and morality of the ancients? And what is the true purpose of life? “Kung Fu – Seeking the Tao” will be broadcast […]

A Savory Dish of Shrimp

by Xiaoyan 03/03/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

When we were filming, Amy had still been living at Xiao Qian’s place. Xiao Qian was like Amy’s older sister. It was she who first told us about Amy. We told them we wanted to film some scenes of the two of them cooking in the kitchen. Xiao Qian immediately […]

24 Hours Out of 87,660 Hours

by Xiaoyan 01/25/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

Over the course of fifteen years, countless people have shown their support to this little relay vigil. Some left their names, others did not. But they left all kinds of tokens, a bouquet of flowers, a cup of coffee, a slip of paper with a heartwarming message… This French photographer […]

The Night Shift

by Xiaoyan 01/24/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

The longest and the toughest shift is the one from 10 or 11PM to 6AM the next day, or sometimes even as late as 9AM. Those who work the night shift must face hours of utter silence, the most humid and coldest hours of the day, as well as unwelcome […]

In the Rain

by Xiaoyan 01/21/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

To a lot of people, this is probably the most memorable scene at the vigil station. The outline of the figure belongs to Yudong Gao. Yudong had just taken over the shift from her husband Bin Chen that day. Before leaving, Bin took out his cellphone and recorded his wife […]

The Girl Named Amy

by Xiaoyan 01/21/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

“The first time Amy told me about her story, I said, this is very powerful, it will resonate directly with the kindness in people’s hearts. Amy sighed and said, maybe this is nothing more than just a story to other people, but to those in the story, we have endured […]

Sketches of this Wintry Season

by Xiaoyan 01/19/2018 in Candlelight Across the Street

This is the story of a group of peaceful protesters across the street from the Chinese Embassy in London. It began in 2002 and continues today after 15 years. Since the day it started, the protesters have run a non-stop protest 24/7 in a relay fashion. Having persisted for more […]