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Inside North Korea

2006 · 52 min

A sober, quietly tense undercover journey into an opaque society, watching carefully for what is shown and what is hidden.

Directed by
Peter Yost, Jesse Gordon
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lisa Ling
Overview
Join National Geographic's Lisa Ling as she captures a rare look inside North Korea - something few Americans have ever been able to do. Posing as an undercover medical coordinator and closely guarded throughout her trip, Lisa moves inside the most isolated nation in the world, encountering a society completely dominated by government and dictatorship. Glimpse life inside North Korea as you've never seen before with personal accounts and powerful footage. Witness first-hand efforts by humanitarians and the challenges they face from the rogue regime.

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Directed by
Peter Yost, Jesse Gordon
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lisa Ling
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • power
    • isolation
    • corruption
    • survival
    Places
    • big city
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Peter Yost, Jesse Gordon
    Starring
    Lisa Ling
    Runtime
    52 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English, Korean

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