did not want the world to see the front line of covid-19 in wuhan early 2020 patients in hospital hallways in the dark, a crematorium active day and night. the video journalist who risked her life to upload dozens of these films to youtube is zhang zhan. >> i would say i'm a journalist for citizens >> reporter: this is a never before broadcast excerpt from one of her last known interviews >> my life purpose is to see everybody in this country enjoys freedom. >> reporter: her courage stunning she was speaking in may 2020 >> at the moment, it's okay they didn't arrest me. >> reporter: days after she said those words, she went missing, arrested. china charged her with picking quarrels and provoking trouble. she had even documented confrontations with chinese security