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Barbara Demick
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Kim Sung-eun
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Lee Hyeon-seo
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Lee So-yeon
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Kim Jong-un
Self (archive footage)
Kim Jong-il
Self (archive footage)
Kim Il-sung
Self (archive footage)
Kim Jong-nam
Self (archive footage)
Jang Song-thaek
Self (archive footage)
Ri Sol-ju
Self (archive footage)
Douglas MacArthur
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Review 2DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Jan 05 2024
Ably stitched together using hand-held, mobile phone and other discreetly shot footage, this documentary tells of people desperate to flee the poverty and oppression they face living in North Korea. It principally follows one particular family who must travel, at great peril to themselves, their guides and "brokers" across the Yalu river into China before continuing through Vietnam, Laos and hopefully across the Mekong into the safety of Thailand. Along the way, though, we are also introduced to other people with equally horrendous stories to tell of family stuck in a nation where malnutrition ...
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
-
Revenue
6800.00
Keywords
- refugee
- pastor
- geopolitics
- political documentary
- underground movement
- north korean defector
- north korea