纪录片 「异见者 Dissidents」 放映 @ SJSU
逃离极权的阴影，真的可能吗？Screening Time 时间: May 3, 2025 | 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Room 255, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University
在加州莫哈维沙漠的荒凉中，一座雕塑公园悄然矗立。雕塑家陈维明在这里创作了一尊引人注目的雕像：习近平的头部被塑造成一个巨大的冠状病毒分子，象征着对中国政府的批评。然而，这座雕像在2021年被焚毁，疑似遭到中国政府的打压。美国司法部随后起诉了七名涉嫌为中国政府从事间谍活动的人士，其中包括一名冒充艺术赞助人的前狱警，他被指控在雕塑上安装监控设备，并参与纵火计划。
纪录片《异见者》（Dissidents）由导演陈怡执导，深入揭示了中国政府如何在海外对异见者进行跨国打压。影片通过三位流亡美国的中国异见者的真实经历，展现了他们在追求民主的道路上所面临的威胁与挑战。其中包括1989年天安门抗议的主要组织者王军涛，他在纽约领导中国民主党，却频繁遭到亲北京团体的骚扰和攻击。
影片还揭示了中国政府如何通过骚扰异见者在国内的亲属、破坏抗议活动以及在他国对批评者进行间谍活动等手段，来压制海外的反对声音。这些事件令人震惊地表明，即使身处他国，异见者仍无法摆脱原政权的控制。
《异见者》荣获2025年华盛顿特区独立电影节最佳纪录长片奖，并在洛杉矶亚太电影节、纽约亚裔美国人国际电影节等多个国际影展上获得认可。
逃离极权的阴影，真的可能吗？让这部纪录片给你带来新的思考，也欢迎你带着问题在现场共同探讨。
🎬 导演介绍 | Director Introduction
陈怡（Yi Chen）：独立纪录片导演，C35 Films创办人。
Yi Chen is an independent documentary filmmaker and founder of C35 Films.
在创办C35 Films之前，她曾在乔治梅森大学教授电影制作课程，并担任美国之音的记者，报道亚裔美国人社区和美中关系，期间采访了前美国驻华大使洪博培（Jon Huntsman）。
Before founding C35 Films, she taught film production at George Mason University and worked as a journalist for Voice of America, covering Asian American communities and U.S.-China relations. During that time, she interviewed former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman.
此外，她还为联合国基金会制作宣传视频，合作对象包括乔治·克鲁尼（George Clooney）、特德·特纳（Ted Turner）、潘基文（Ban Ki-moon）和科菲·安南（Kofi Annan）。
She also created promotional videos for the United Nations Foundation, collaborating with George Clooney, Ted Turner, Ban Ki-moon, and Kofi Annan.
📅 活动信息 | Event Information
时间 | Time：2025年5月3日（星期六）下午1:30 – 4:00
Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
地点 | Location：Room 255, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University
停车 | Parking：Fourth Street Garage（免费 | Free）
Campus Visitor Parking（上限 $5，使用 ParkMobile app 付费 | Max $5, pay via ParkMobile app）
🎥 影片信息 | Film Information
片长 | Runtime：75分钟 | 75 minutes
语言 | Language：英文、普通话、粤语音 + 英文字幕
English, Mandarin, and Cantonese audio with English subtitles
形式 | Format：纪录片放映 + 异见人士、导演、观众现场交流
Documentary screening followed by live discussion with dissidents, the director, and audience
🎟️ 免费入场，欢迎参与 | Free Admission, All Are Welcome
本次活动免费对公众开放，欢迎所有关注人权、民主与跨国压迫议题的朋友前来参与。
This event is free and open to the public. All those interested in human rights, democracy, and issues of transnational repression are warmly invited to attend.
放映后，导演陈怡将与观众进行深入交流，分享影片背后的故事与制作过程。
After the screening, Director Yi Chen will engage in a Q&A to share the behind-the-scenes journey and insights into the filmmaking process.
📢 Dissidents: Is It Truly Possible to Escape the Shadow of Authoritarianism?
Amid the desolate expanse of California's Mojave Desert stands a sculpture park, where artist Weiming Chen crafted a provocative piece: a towering sculpture depicting Xi Jinping's head fused with a giant coronavirus particle, symbolizing criticism of the Chinese government. In 2021, this sculpture was set ablaze, allegedly as part of a suppression effort by Chinese authorities. Subsequently, the U.S. Department of Justice charged seven individuals accused of conducting espionage activities on behalf of the Chinese government. Among them was a former prison guard who posed as an art patron, installed surveillance equipment on the sculpture, and was implicated in the arson plot.
Directed by Yi Chen, the documentary Dissidents delves deep into the Chinese government's transnational repression of dissenters abroad. The film chronicles the real-life experiences of three Chinese dissidents exiled in the United States, highlighting the threats and challenges they face in their pursuit of democracy. One such figure is Wang Juntao, a principal organizer of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, who now leads the China Democracy Party from New York, frequently encountering harassment and attacks from pro-Beijing groups.
The documentary further exposes tactics employed by the Chinese government to silence opposition voices overseas, including harassment of dissidents' families back home, disruption of protest activities, and espionage operations in foreign countries. These alarming incidents underscore that, even in exile, dissidents remain within the reach of the regime's control.
Dissidents was awarded Best Feature Documentary at the 2025 DC Independent Film Festival and has been recognized at several international film festivals, including the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the Asian American International Film Festival in New York.
Is it truly possible to escape the shadow of authoritarianism? This documentary invites you to reflect on this question and encourages you to join the conversation during this screening event.
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