(Minghui.org) Movie producer Ron Haugen was stunned by what he saw in a documentary screened at the New Hope Film Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 2016.

“This is a horrible crime!” Haugen said after watching Hard to Believe, which documents the state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Haugen asked why an international bill of human rights has failed to protect Falun Gong practitioners and why mainstream media seem to avoid the issue. “I've seen something about this on the Internet, but not from the media,” he said.

After the movie, which was directed by Emmy Award winner Ken Stone along with Irene Silber, Haugen wanted to know more about the persecution of Falun Gong in China and hopes more people will pay attention to it.

He praised the film, saying, “It is well made. It has lots of statistics, and opens a door for people who want to know the truth.”

Ron Haugen believes that the persecution should concern everyone.

Psychologist Dr. Laurie Nadel said the documentary gives details on the organ harvesting, but that the issue has not been fully reported. “Not very many people know about this. It documents the crimes in China. It is a good movie, but shocking.” She said she hopes more people will come to see it and help to stop this crime.

Producer of the documentary Kay Rubacek (right) answers questions after the screening. Next to her is the organizer of the film festival, D. F. Whipple.

D. F. Whipple, the organizer of the film festival, said that the committee received 591 applications and chose 89 movies from 11 countries. All the committee members thought that Hard to Believe was very shocking and well made.

Whipple said the movie is very convincing and gives sufficient reasons for further investigation of the forced organ harvesting in China.

Kay Rubacek, the film’s producer, said that this documentary has been entered in many movie festivals all over the world and has so far won 11 awards. It has been screened more than 100 times and has been aired on PBS more than 40 times.

“It has been screened in college classrooms, because the instructors believe that students should know about this. We are glad that people are starting to treat this issue seriously,” Rubacek said. “The Chinese version will be published in August.”