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With a script supplied by the North Korean government, 24-hour handlers and rigorous censorship, it would seem impossible to make a documentary that penetrates the secretive country—but filmmaker Vitaly Mansky found a way in this Hot Docs hit. Having received permission to document one year in the life of a "regular girl,” Mansky found the filmmaking process in North Korea to be laboriously staged. With a small but crucial change, he kept his cameras rolling between official takes, so audiences at home could see the regime’s meticulous and total control hard at work. Witness a subtle and penetrating look at one of the world’s most finessed propaganda machines.
In Korean, with English subtitles.
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