Comments on: Shake The World

By: Erik WP

Erik WP — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:51:00 +0000

Do we really need political propaganda here? The organisation is a lot like Scientology. Falung Gong leaders got beyond themselves and wanted political power. The Chinese government isn’t amused when that happens. They tolerate the Dalai Lama because he is peaceful and cuddly but they’re more wary of the people behind Falung Gong. So they cracked down on the movement and arrested a few leaders after which the FG membership went passive-aggressive and started a bit of self mutilation and a media campaign. They are very well financed and keep cropping up.

By: phillip wong

phillip wong — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:16:00 +0000

I get it. Chinese are evil, commie, and want to dominate the world, what to nuke the world. blah blah ….

By: Winston Smith

Winston Smith — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:31:00 +0000

You should research a little before commenting.
Falun Gong it is not a religion. Not even close. Or a cult. There is no charismatic leader or anything that could be described as theology. It is a powerful form of training based on tai chi or Qigong-like postures.

China is Communist in name only. They have much fewer social nets than we do. The people are highly taxed.. It’s a corporate owner’s dream and the direction in which America is being moved. What they fear is people organizing in any large numbers that may be turned to political ends, which naturally they do, especially when a group is being oppressed.

By: steamknife

steamknife — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:58:00 +0000

Every religion is a cult. Every religion spreads propaganda. Every religion had become powerful enough to control the states and EVERY RELIGION needs MONEY. Falun Gong is not an exception. It’s just that the communists are smart enough to relise the danger of cults.

This has caused a western-outrage because 1. It’s China, 2. Communists methods are inhumane. Nevertheless, that doesn’t make Falun Gong look any better.

By: Phoebe Ryles

Phoebe Ryles — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:10:00 +0000

This is a great film. It was made by a group of Falun Gong practitioners to counter a massive propaganda campaign by the communist party designed to make the rest of the world believe that Falun Gong is a crazy cult religion. It’s not at all, it’s a great practice that promote peace and encourages people to look inside and become the best person they can be.

It’s a sad movie, and an appeal to emotions, not a talking heads documentary. But it’s more or less correct. What I like about it is that is shows how the persecution of Falun Gong began the same way that all persecutions begin, with propaganda to dehumanize the targets, ostracize them, remove them from society, etc. It builds slowly to full out torture and killing. If you study history as I do, you know that the holocaust, as well as many ethnic genocides in Africa such as the Hutu and Tootsi conflicts, began just the same way.

The one thing I think the film does not do well is explain why the Government would want to persecute such a group. Prior to the persecution Falun Gong was just one of many Qigong practices taught in China, it was very popular and actually won many government awards and recognition for being good. The problems started when it became too popular. The government counted 70 million people practicing, and then declared it illegal shortly after those numbers came out. That kind of thing doesn’t happen here. I think those of us from the west have a hard time imagining what it’s like to live under complete government suppression.

By: Ella Silver

Ella Silver — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:45:00 +0000

I personally have no issue with the falun gong folk from what i know of them. There are a small group of them in my city who do qigong in the park every day. I am thinking of joining them because i enjoy qigong and it’s very good for you. They’ve never done anything to upset anybody around here.

I’m more concerned that this documentary is not a serious documentary. I don’t know anything about your beliefs or practices. Like i say, i just know that the falun gong in my city do qigong and do it well and properly. And that’s enough for me :) Anything else, i consider when the time comes to do so.

By: Ella Silver

Ella Silver — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:41:00 +0000

they put the Supervolcano movie on here too. And it was pretty much the same thing. I think they often adjust the ceiling on what is and is not a documentary around here.

By: Ella Silver

Ella Silver — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:37:00 +0000

dude, is it weird that i don’t speak a word of chinese and yet i can totally tell they’re acting? Poorly.

By: Ella Silver

Ella Silver — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:35:00 +0000

So would you feel the same way if one’s belief system includes torturing or molesting children?

You need to be careful when you use words like “regardless” or “everybody”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:56:00 +0000

This could be propaganda, but it could be the truth.
You can’t decide which one until after you do an investigation of your own. Then come back and give an informed opinion of this film. Yesterday I never heard of this group. Today I do. I can now find out, on my own, the veracity of this documentary. Also, to quote the great George Costanza, “A lie is not a lie if you believe it to be true.” These people may be deluded but that does not make them liars.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:45:00 +0000

Governments are easy to hate but impossible to shed. What we would have left is a governing body whose responsibility would be make sure people don’t organize governing bodies.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:42:00 +0000

Every one should have the right to practice their religion unless that religion begins to infringe on the rights of others. This has not been shown to be the case with the FLG. They should not be persecuted on the basis of what could happen. Laws must be broken and then the law should step in. That is what happens in the United States. That is where the word cult comes in. Some religions may seem to have crackpot leaders but unless they break the law they should be free to do as they will.

By: Jesse Yu

Jesse Yu — Tue, 17 May 2011 05:57:00 +0000

Could this be considered as a documentary????No fact, No statistics, No reference, it’s just a story and drama, how can this be put on this website???? Shame on this top documentary films site though I like most of its films.

By: Ella Silver

Ella Silver — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:36:00 +0000

Documentaries are not necessarily supposed to be facts. They are “document commentaries” and can be about anything. The journalistic approach is appreciated but not necessary for something to be classified as “documentary”

But i think, semantics aside, it’s probably a good idea to question EVERYTHING you see regardless of the source. Your own eyes can only be trusted about 60% of the time (not an actual statistic.. just guessing based on my own limited wisdom. :) so documentaries can probably be trusted far less than that. There are even more degrees of separation.

By: Ella Silver

Ella Silver — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:31:00 +0000

Agreed. most people who call one another sheep like that guy.. they see a word and start bleating. They are trained culturally to respond instantly to the utterance of certain words and to do this without thinking about it. They are told that people who do NOT do this are sheep. Sort of like that retarded goth movement that says in order for you to be a non-conformist you have to dress exactly like them and listen to the same music they do.

His response was sheepy. That’s what makes it funny :) I bet you thousands, he has not read anything about what he’s talking about. He has not made any critical judgments nor has he questioned any of his own, or anyone else’s beliefs in formulating his response. He is responding to buzz words like he was trained to do. He is a good sheep.