by Madeleine Gavin
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North Korea: a country whose population lives with zero points of contact to the outside world and surveillance and daily propaganda are part of everyday life. The documentary accompanies at close quarters several citizens as they flee this dictatorship. Among them is a family that is supported in their perilous escape by the South Korean pastor Sengeun Kim, who turned this form of assistance into his life's work. The documentary also highlights the gripping story of a mother who lives separated from her son in South Korea and is informed only sporadically and through unreliable sources about her son's escape. BEYOND UTOPIA provides exclusive insights behind the sealed-off borders of North Korea.
American filmmaker Madeline Gavin trained at Tisch School of the Arts in New York and the University of California in Berkeley. After graduating, she worked as an editor on numerous films. Her first two documentaries have already achieved great success, and her latest work BEYOND UTOPIA won the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival. 2023 BEYOND UTOPIA 2016 CITY OF JOY 2003 WHAT I WANT MY WORDS TO DO TO YOU: VOICES FROM INSIDE A WOMEN’S MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON
