‘Human Harvest’ Filmmakers Honored With Peabody in New York

Human Harvest is a documentary examining the widespread seizure of human organs to supply an illegal, vile industry in China.

Producer and Director of 'Human Harvest' Leon Lee (fourth from R) holds his award along with his guests during the 74th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on May 31, 2015 in New York City. Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch TImes

“Human Harvest,” a documentary examining the illegal organ harvesting industry in China, received the Peabody Award in New York on Sunday.

Reports first emerged in China in 2006 that state-run hospitals were killing prisoners of conscience to sell their organs. “Human Harvest” examines the investigation into these shocking revelations, carried out by Nobel Peace Prize nominees David Matas and David Kilgour.

Researchers estimate that secretive organ seizures from live prisoners in China have taken tens of thousands of lives.