State Organs (2023)

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Synopsis

Dir: Raymond Zhang. Documentary. An overview of assertions about China's seemingly state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs of practitioners of Falun Gong.

Content elements

• Frequent descriptions of, and references to, organ harvesting, torture, and death - some detail; infrequent references to suicide and sexual assault - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals and depictions of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, most in a state brutality context- some detail; infrequent depictions of medical procedures in a documentary context - little blood and detail
• Infrequent depictions of tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• State-sanctioned oppression
• Truth and lies
• Ethics

Classification rationale

Rated PG for mature subject matter

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