Discuss “Made [illegal] in China”

This past weekend, the University of Pittsburgh showed Sandstorm, an influential movie about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, to the students and residents of the Pittsburgh area as part of Pitt’s International Week.

Sandstorm is a tale about the events occurring in modern China, where people passionate about their beliefs are being persecuted. The story is about a police officer who has witnessed these acts. He has flashbacks as he tries to discern the line between good and evil. It is a movie about compassion and persecution and it serves as a wake up call to the reality of what goes on behind closed doors to our blind eyes.

Sandstorm, though a fictional drama, describes first-hand accounts of the persecution that is occurring...