New Film on North Korea gets US premiere -- Tells story of the last US defector
'Crossing the Line' the new film from VeryMuchSo productions premiered at the Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah last week, this is the third film from the makers of 'The Game of Their Lives' and 'A State of Mind' and tells the story of Joe Dresnok, the last remaining American defector in North Korea (full disclosure: I worked on it).
The film, narrated by Christian Slater, had its world premiere at the Pusan film festival in South Korea late last year and the 5 screenings at Sundance were the first chance for an American audience to see it, any NKzoners passing through or near Berlin in February can see the film at the Berlin Film Festival.
In addition to 'Crossing the Line' another film featuring NK was on show at the festival, 'Comrades in Dreams', a documentary on cinema projectionists around the world was in Utah also
The producers of the film appeared on CBS' 60 Minutes last sunday, Richardson has a post on it already over at DPRKstudies.org
Below is a review of 'Crossing the Line'....
Read entire article at Simon Cockerell at http://www.nkzone.org
The film, narrated by Christian Slater, had its world premiere at the Pusan film festival in South Korea late last year and the 5 screenings at Sundance were the first chance for an American audience to see it, any NKzoners passing through or near Berlin in February can see the film at the Berlin Film Festival.
In addition to 'Crossing the Line' another film featuring NK was on show at the festival, 'Comrades in Dreams', a documentary on cinema projectionists around the world was in Utah also
The producers of the film appeared on CBS' 60 Minutes last sunday, Richardson has a post on it already over at DPRKstudies.org
Below is a review of 'Crossing the Line'....