2013

North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State

Name: North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-11-14
Rating: 3

Documentary48m

3.0/10

3.0

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Storyline

North Koreans are breaking down the barriers of the gulag state. Following covert filmmakers, this doc shows real life under the new leader Kim Jong Un, highlighting the contrasting ox-drawn farms to the glittering life of the elite in Pyongyang. The starving children on the streets are of artificial food shortages engendered by corruption. See how USBs, cell phones and DVDs from the South are transforming North Koreans' views of their world.

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Details

ReleasedNov 14, 2013

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

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Reviews

2 reviews · 1 critic

1 fresh · 0 rotten

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Jasper Rees

RTDaily Telegraph (UK)Dec 18, 2018

For this portrait of life under Kim Jong-un, it relied on defectors based in Seoul communicating by mobile with contacts over the border. These contraband conversations were hasty, and parsimonious with detail.

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