Saga of the Free China Junk

Three award-winning documentaries chronicle the amazing true story of the "Free China" junk.

8 x 30 minutes or 4 x 60 minutes or 3 x 60 - 100 minutes / HD / 16:9

• THE FREE CHINA JUNK
  In 1955, five Chinese fishermen defied all odds of success and sailed a fifty-year-old Chinese junk, “Free China,” nearly 6,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean from Taiwan to San Francisco; the sixth crew member, a young American Vice-Consul, filmed the journey. This program documents the incredible true story.

  3 x 30 minutes or 2 x 50 minutes or 1 x 100 minutes / 16:9



• RETURN OF THE FREE CHINA JUNK
  This documentary picks up where the The Free China Junk left off. It follows Dione Chen's homage to her father's memory in becoming a catalyst for an international effort that saves the historic junk from destruction in California and the formidable task of successfully transporting her back across the Pacific to Taiwan.

  3 x 30 minutes or 2 x 50 minutes or 1 x 100 minutes / HD



• HULOO: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF LOO-CHI HU
  This is the inspiring story of Loo-Chi Hu, affectionately known as Huloo, who received worldwide recognition as one of a crew of six in 1955 who sailed the “Free China” junk across the Pacific Ocean from Taiwan to San Francisco. Also, in 1 970, he was called upon to rescue Thor Heyerdahl and his reed vessel the “Ra II.”

  2 x 30 minutes or 1 x 60 or 70 minutes / 16:9

  Produced by Robin Greenberg.