Thousands of public health care professionals and students descended upon the Denver Convention Center in Colorado for the 2016 annual national conference of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
Hard To Believe was selected to screen at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival at the conference as a featured session in the program on Monday October 31.
Following the screening was a lively Q&A discussion with Dr. Dana Churchill of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), Winston Liu, a chemical engineer in Wyoming who was tortured and blood tested in prison in China for his belief, and Kay Rubacek, one of the producers of Hard To Believe.
Many attendees signed petition postcards addressed to the U.S. State Department asking them to help stop the crime of forced organ harvesting in China. Some comments on the postcards read:
“Thank you for opening my eyes!”
— Attendee at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival
“As a nurse this horrifies me, as a human this shames me.”
— Attendee at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival
“Very important!!!”
— Attendee at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival
“Stop the madness”
— Attendee at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival
“Please stop organ harvesting. It is TRAUMATIC!!!”
— Attendee at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival
“Stop this injustice”
— Attendee at the APHA Global Public Health Film Festival
About the Film Festival: The APHA Global Public Health Film Festival is organized by members of the Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section's Health Communications Working Group and the International Health Section.