Historical recovery status: Verified Mirror Recovery. A contemporaneous Usenet/Deja posting preserved on Google Groups announces the Washington premiere of Freedom Fighter: The Story of Lian Shengde and gives FreeChina.net as the associated website.
Recovered historical record
The announcement identifies Yellow Cat Productions as producer, Mary Flannery as director, and states that the approximately 50-minute documentary would premiere on November 29, 2000 at Visions Cinema/Bistro/Lounge in Washington, D.C. It says ticket proceeds were to benefit the Free China Movement and that Lian Shengde would attend a question-and-answer session afterward.
Provenance
- Announcement posted: November 8, 2000
- Premiere date: November 29, 2000
- Historical website shown: http://www.freechina.net/
- Preserved mirror: Google Groups / Deja-era posting
- Recovery classification: Verified Mirror Recovery
The film itself is documented separately in the FCM Media Archive. This page preserves the historical event announcement and site linkage rather than reproducing the full third-party film.