Premiere: 12 & 13 July, 8.15 & 10.15 hrs
Location: Auditorium
British director Daniel Gordon gained unprecedented and unrestricted access to North Korea to produce this award-winning documentary trilogy. Avoiding any kind of one-sided political commentary and focusing on three surprising and dazzling stories Gordon's films offer a unique chance to experience North Korea through its people\'s personal stories, dreams and aspirations.
The Game of their Lives
dir. Daniel Gordon (UK, 2002, 88 mins)
When the North Korean football team arrived in England in 1966 they were seen as the underdogs of the World Cup finals. Short in stature, inexperienced and timid before the public, little was known about them and nothing was expected. But when they defeated the robust Italians, whose players were some of the finest and well paid in the world, one of the most legendary offsets in sport's history was born. Thirty-five years have passed and now the giant-killing team is finally able to tell its story.
A State of Mind
dir. Daniel Gordon (UK, 2004, 94 mins)
An observational film following two young gymnasts and their families for over eight months in the lead up to the Mass Games- involving a cast of thousands in a choreographed socialist realism spectacle - the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth, here filmed for the first time by a foreign film crew in its astonishing and breath-taking grandeur.
Crossing The Line
dir. Daniel Gordon (UK, 2006, 94 mins)
In 1962 James Joseph Dresnok, a US soldier sent to guard the peace in South Korea deserted his unit, walked across the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to the Cold War enemy, the communist state of North Korea. He then simply disappeared from the face of the known world. He became a coveted star of the North Korean propaganda machine, and found fame acting in films, typecast as an evil American. He uses Korean as his daily language. He has three sons from two wives. He has now lived in North Korea twice as long as he has in America. At one time, there were four Americans living in North Korea. Today, just one remains. Now, after 45 years, the story of Comrade Joe, the last American defector in North Korea, has been told.
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