Name: STATE ORGANS: Documentary Screening & Live Panel Discussion
Start: 2025-04-23T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-23T20:00:00-07:00
Location: George Washington University, Student Center, 3rd Floor, Amphitheater

Join us for a screening of STATE ORGANS, followed by a live panel discussion with experts in the field!
About this Event

STATE ORGANS: Documentary Screening & Live Panel Discussion

🗓️ Date & Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 6:00pm -8:00pm

📍 Venue: George Washington University University Student Center, 3rd Floor, Amphitheater

🗺️ Address: 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052

🍰 Light refreshments will be served!

Please join us for a screening and discussion of , a 2025 Oscar Contender for Best Documentary Feature and an eye-opening expose revealing a state sanctioned, billion-dollar transplant industry fueled by forced organ harvesting in China.

Produced by Peabody Award-winner Raymond Zhang with a score by Emmy Award-winning composer Daryl Bennett, the film follows two Chinese families in their 20-year-long search for their loved ones who have disappeared in police custody. Along the way, they uncover a harrowing government-run organ harvesting operation that has destroyed many thousands of lives.

With operatives of the CCP being arrested throughout the US, and the regime’s attempts to suppress Falun Gong throughout the world, this documentary is not only timely, but a vital educational film on a devastating and ongoing issue.

There will be a Q & A session after the film screening with expert panelists. There will be a Q & A session after the film screening with expert panelists. Light refreshments will be served.

Panelists:

Jessica Russo, PsyD – Mental Health Adviser for Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH); clinical psychologist and faculty member; speaks on forced organ harvesting in China; DAFOH is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

William Huang – Former PhD candidate at Tsinghua University; imprisoned and tortured in China for practicing Falun Gong; escaped to the U.S. in 2008; obtained a PhD at Ohio State University; now a senior electrical engineer.

Jan Jekielek – Journalist and host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time.