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SMALL VILLAGE, EASTERN SHORE OF CHINA. KIDS PLAY
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00:43:40 77 |
MAN WALKS DOWN ALLEY, SUSPICIOUS. LOOKS AROUND AS HE KNOCKS ON DOOR. DOOR OPENS, HE ENTERS. DOOR CLOSES
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00:44:05 102 |
SECRET MEETING OF CHINESE CHRISTIANS. AS CHRISTIANS, THEY ARE CONSIDERED ENEMIES OF THE COMMUNIST STATE. CHINESE PASTOR READS FROM THE BIBLE. KNOCK ON DOOR INTERRUPTS SERMON.
ARMED POLICE ARREST PASTOR AND CONFISCATE THE BIBLE. GROUP OF CHINESE PEOPLE PEER OUT DOOR |
00:45:47 204 |
CHINESE PASTOR IN FRONT OF MILITARY JUDGE WHO SUDDENLY JUMPS UP AND YELLS AT HIM. WARNS HIM NO TO PREACH CHRISTIANITY ANYMORE. PASTOR REFUSES. SENTENCED TO BE HANGED BY HIS THUMBS
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00:46:21 238 |
GUARDS TAKE HIM AWAY AND THROW HIM IN JAIL CELL.
HANG HIM BY THE THUMBS. TORTURE. OTHER PRISONERS FEEL SORRY FOR HIM AS HE SUFFERS. AGONIZING PAIN. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION |
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GUARD ENTERS, TORTURED PRISONER STILL REFUSES TO GIVE UP, SLAPPED ACROSS THE FACE. DAYS GO BY, PRISONER WEAKENS. CU HAND HANGING BY THUMB.
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00:48:41 378 |
MILITARY JUDGE ORDERS GUARDS TO BRINGS PRISONER IN. GUARDS UNCHAIN PRISONER, HE COLLAPSES TOO WEAK TO STAND IS DRAGGED BY GUARDS & THROWN OUTSIDE, LEFT TO DIE.
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00:50:09 466 |
SYMPATHIZER PICKS PRISONER UP AND CARRIES HIM AWAY. NURSED BACK TO HEALTH BY HIS CHRISTIAN FRIENDS. CHRISTIAN LIFTS HIM A BIT, LEADS PRAYER.
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00:53:02 639 |
PRE-DAWN, TWO FIGURES MAKE THEIR WAY TO A BOAT.
PASTOR HELPED ABOARD. SPARKLING SEA. PASTOR ESCAPES. GUARDS ON HILL-TOP SHOOT AT BOAT, MAN DUCKS FOR COVER. FRIEND ON BEACH IS SHOT, CLUTCHES HIS CHEST, FALLS TO THE GROUND. MAN IN BOAT WEEPS FOR FRIEND. |
00:54:24 721 |
GUARDS FRISK CORPSE ON THE BEACH
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00:54:40 737 |
SAILBOAT, MOONLIGHT ON SPARKLING SEA
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00:54:50 747 |
BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE. BOAT NEARS HONG KONG HARBOR SKYLINE FROM WATER CIRCA 1950s
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00:56:03 820 |
SAILS PUT UP, BOAT SAILS INTO HONG KONG HARBOR
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00:56:55 872 |
CHURCH. CHOIR SINGS EASTER HYMN. HONG KONG. PAN CHRISTIAN ASIAN CONGREGATION
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00:58:15 952 |
MAN ON BOAT IN HONG KONG HARBOR
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00:58:31 968 |
SMALL TOWN IN CHINA CIRCA 1950s
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00:58:39 976 |
ASIAN PASTOR PREACHES TO SMALL CONGREGATION
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00:58:48 985 |
REFUGEE REMEMBERS HIS TORTURE IN JAIL, BEING HUNG BY THE THUMBS. BEING SAVED BY FELLOW CHRISTIAN WHO IS THEN SHOT ON THE BEACH, AND THE CONGREGATION HE LEFT "BEHIND THE BAMBOO CURTAIN".
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00:59:29 1026 |
MAN DECIDES TO TURN BACK, RETURN TO HIS TOWN IN CHINA, UNSURE WHERE, SURE THAT GOD WILL SHOW HIM WHERE IT WAS
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01:01:02 1119 |
FILM ENDS
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