🎧 ‘Redeem My Soul’: Why a Chinese-Born Filmmaker Took On Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting

In May 2025, the film “State Organs: Unmasking Transplant Abuse in China” was set to open a human rights film festival in Seoul. The award-winning documentary is about state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in China, in which organs are taken from prisoners of conscience without consent. Tickets for the screenings had mostly sold out.

Then, days before opening night, the cinema chain pulled out. The festival’s director said Beijing was behind the pressure.

Last month, the film, which was shut out of Korean theaters, finally reached Korean viewers on streaming services, and within four weeks, it had climbed to No. 2 in purchases.

Producer Cindy Song, who grew up in China, joins host Terri Wu to talk about why she made the film. She tells the story of a young woman from the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao who spoke out after her husband was killed in a labor camp, then disappeared into police custody. She describes a former military surgeon who broke down while recalling an organ extraction he witnessed. And she explains the bomb threats that have followed screenings in Taiwan and beyond, and why she calls the project a chance to “redeem my soul.”

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.

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