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August 14, 2018 08:00 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/7lXupm29W0A/heartbreaking-documentary-on-l.html
Heartbreaking documentary on London's North Korean enclave
Little Pyongyang made the festival rounds and his been picked up by The Guardian. It tells the story of how one soldier made his way to Europe's largest community of North Korean nationals after escaping the brutal regime.
Joong-wha Choi, a former soldier in North Korea, lives today with his wife and children in a sleepy London suburb, home to Europe's biggest North Korean population. Despite enjoying the new found comforts of his British life, and being emancipated from the pressures of the North Korean state, he has a desire to return to the land that betrayed him, and feels like his true home. Joong-wha reflects on both why he left North Korea and the state of his day to day life over the course of several months, in a portrait of loss, longing, and the complexities of healing from trauma.
Here's a nice Q&A with the filmmakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdy_nQjO6ZI
Little Pyongyang (YouTube / The Guardian)
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