National Geographic - Inside North Korea
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Brand: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (UNDER WARDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 52 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: National Geographic Video
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- 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 nev
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DVD Review: The only complete and balanced overview of North Korea on DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
North Korea fascinates due to it being the most isolated (by its own choice) and most severely repressive nation on Earth. There are, to my knowledge, three insightful DVDs on the subject: `A State of Mind', `National Geographic - Inside North Korea' and `North Korea: A Day in the Life'. I have purchased all three. An important point to note is that any footage allowed out of North Korea is almost exclusively of the capital, Pyongyang, which is far from being representative of life in the country as a whole. Only a fraction of the population are specially selected to live there; even for these `privilaged' souls life is bleak and dominated by political propaganda.
`A State of Mind' concentrates on the preparations of two young gymnasts for the showpiece Mass Games performance. Of the three, this DVD gives by far the best and deepest insight into the brainwashed mindset of the North Koreans, with its excellent documentary narration and carefully selected material. It is also important to bear in mind however that this film only shows what is approved by the regime - all the despicable aspects of the North Korean experience are not covered. There also has remarkable footage of the Mass Games of course and the grand military parades (both visually stunning) that seem to be the focus of life there.
`National Geographic - Inside North Korea', being told from our outsider's perspective, is the only complete and balanced overview of North Korea here. It puts North Korea on the map with its historical context, draws widely on footage from many sources and - free of regime censorship - shows as best it can the true horror story that the regime tries to hide at all costs. Information presented on health standards, nutrition and the extensive concentration camp system are quite staggering.
`North Korea: A Day in the Life' is what the title says it is; it follows a day in the life of a `typical' (regime selected) family in Pyongyang. This is not narrated and concentrates solely on the daily routine, so really brings across the bleakness of these people's life. Again this officially-approved film only shows what is approved by the regime. The carefully selected images shown (for example the table overloaded with food in a city known to be tightly rationed) and the often unreal scripted dialogue only really serve to show how out-of-touch the regime is which choreographed it. This film does show well the grinding inefficiencies of North Korean life, but all-in-all compares poorly with `A State of Mind'.
For a good understanding of North Korea, I recommend viewing `National Geographic - Inside North Korea' and `A State of Mind', in that order.
DVD Review: Irony
Summary: 5 Stars
The irony of this is Lisa Ling is the reporter who entered North Korea under an artifice to do this documentary and now her sister is imprisoned in North Korea. I wonder if the North Koreans are punishing the sister for Lisa's 'crime' of exposing certain truths about their 'worker's paradise'?DVD Review: This will scare the heck out of you!
Summary: 5 Stars
This video is a very rare insight of what is going on inside North Korea! I made sure all of my co-workers saw this video when I was finished with it!DVD Review: Fascinating Look at North Korea
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this show on television and while discussing it with someone else, I decided to purchase it. The film is based on an eye surgeon going on a humanitarian mission to North Korea to perform cataract surgery. Interwoven with the story is a fair amount of background on the country and its history with a focus on the near religious devotion ordinary people have toward Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. This is especially true at the end when patients having regained their sight after being blind thank not the surgeon, but the Kims.DVD Review: Incredible!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Inside North Korea" follows a cataract surgeon from Nepal into North Korea for ten days of free treatment of those (1,000+) with cataracts. The background material tells us that North Korean citizens have one of the highest rates of cataracts, largely due to nutritional deficiencies, and that seven-year-olds average 8" and 22 lbs. less than their South Korean counterparts. Some hospitals lack running water, use blood-stained operating tables, and lack basic medications.
Inside the home of one of the patients we see no family photos, but several large pictures of the "Great Leader" (Kim Jong Il) Those who complain are likely to end up in work camps, and their families imprisoned as well - for life.
The most moving portion of "Inside North Korea" was the scene in which those operated on removed their bandages. All immediately were overjoyed to regain their sight, and directed emotional and prolonged thanks to the Great Leader for making it possible.
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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.General DVDs
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