Human Rights Watch states the case very clearly: North Korea “remains one of the most repressive countries in the world.” In a 2022 report, the nonprofit said, “The North Korean government does not ...

“Beyond Utopia,” an eye-opening thriller that captures a family’s desperate and dangerous escape from North Korea, is one of the year’s most acclaimed documentaries, winning an audience prize after ...

They grew up believing their land was paradise. Now, they risk everything in escaping it. In an unforgettable documentary, follow families on a treacherous journey to defect from their homeland of ...

Sundance: Madeleine Gavin's documentary is often messy and unfocused, but thrilling footage of North Korean defectors fleeing the country covers a multitude of sins. Nobody who runs into Pastor ...

The phone rings with news that a family of five – an 80-year-old grandmother, her daughter, son-in-law and their two small girls – have crossed the Yalu River and are now trapped in China. They are ...

Jan. 29 (UPI) --Beyond Utopia, which won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, is a remarkable firsthand look at refugees escaping North Korea. With footage captured ...

Madeleine Gavin's film tells deeply personal stories about people attempting to defect from North Korea and a heroic pastor from South Korea making the dangerous escape possible. By Daniel Fienberg ...

Madeleine Gavin's North Korean exposé tracks two riveting and dangerous attempts at defection. In the eye-opening “Beyond Utopia” (November 3, Roadside Attractions), from editor-turned-director ...

The film, which has collected a variety of festival awards this year, screens Saturday at the Brattle as part of the GlobeDocs Film Festival Filmmaker Madeleine Gavin was skeptical when producers ...

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