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THE DEFECTOR: ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA
Directed by ANN SHIN

Date
November 14, 2019
About Project
DIRECTOR
ANN SHIN
COUNTRY
CANADA
RUNNING TIME
71 mins
YEAR
2013
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH, KOREAN, CHINESE, THAI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ABOUT THE FILM
Using an undercover camera, Korean-Canadian director Ann Shin documents the escape attempt of a group of North Koreans through China to freedom. The defectors had individually fled oppression and famine in North Korea, only to encounter prison, forced marriage and constant fear in China. Now they have decided to trust the enigmatic North Korean called Dragon, who regularly smuggles people for pay. Animation supplements the real-life footage as we share the tension and learn more about the forces that drive people to take such a drastic step, and discover whether Dragon is motivated by more than money.