finding courage, mika hale, persecution in china

Mika Hale Gives a Voice to the Voiceless

Openly exposing the vulnerable, raw side of her life to others through her singing, the soulful music of Mika Hale became a catharsis for her chaotic and unusual start to life. Being born in Rikers Island prison during the heroin craze in the late 1970s, Mika Hale survived constant challenges throughout her private life and ...

Raven Montmorency

The song 'Courage Is Found.'

The Making of ‘Finding Courage’

In many ways, the documentary Finding Courage is an accidental film. Its director, Kay Rubacek from Swoop Films, initially never sought to make it a full-length feature. Having just finished producing the award-winning Hard to Believe documentary — about forced organ harvesting in China — Kay was looking to make her directorial debut with a ...

Jessica Kneipp

A scene from 'Finding Courage.'

‘Finally, the Story Is Getting Out’: Labor Camp Hell in China

The brutal persecution of people who practice Falun Gong in China has been ongoing since 1999. People knowledgeable of China’s human rights situation are aware of what is happening in Chinese labor camps. Regular folk not so much, that’s why this 9-minute long Fox 11 news report has had such an impact on those who ...

Max Lu

Kefei Wang.