List of documentary films about North Korea
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This is a list of documentary films about North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

. Some included works may be alternatively classified as television documentaries or television series episodes.
  • Decades Apart: North Korea (2000). A 24-minute documentary (ABC Australia / Journeyman Pictures) about family reunifications of North and South Koreans in North Korea.
  • Discovery Times: Children of the Secret State (2000)
  • Welcome to North Korea, original title: Noord-Korea (2001) is a 50-minutes Dutch documentary directed by Raymond Feddema and Peter Tetteroo
    Peter Tetteroo
    Peter Tetteroo is a Dutch journalist and filmmaker.Peter Tetteroo has worked as a senior director for world wide broadcasters since 1987.He has travelled to many countries in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia....

    . The film won the 2001 International Emmy award
    Emmy Award
    An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

     for Best Documentary.
  • North Korea - Shadows And Whispers (2000). A 52-minute documentary by filmmaker Kim Jung-Eun
    Kim Jung-eun
    Kim Jung-eun is a South Korean film and television actress most famous for her roles in Lovers in Paris and Marrying the Mafia...

     for Journeyman Pictures
    Journeyman Pictures
    Journeyman Pictures is an English independent distributor of topical news features, documentaries and footage. The company publishes "The Journeyman Weekly" and has an archive of over 3,000 films...

     about a North Korean family defecting to China.
  • Living Hell (2001). A 41-minute follow-up documentary to North Korea - Shadows And Whispers (2000).
  • Interiéur Nord, English title(s): Day for Night in Pyongyang or Inside North Korea (2002). A 53-minute French documentary (Arte / Artline Films) by film maker David Carr-Brown about the film industry of North Korea.
  • The Game of Their Lives
    The Game of Their Lives (2002 film)
    The Game of Their Lives or "Chollima Chookgudan" is a 2002 documentary film directed by Daniel Gordon and his executive Nicholas Bonner about the seven surviving members of the North Korean national football team who participated in the Football World Cup 1966...

     (2002)
  • Frontline/World: Suspicious Minds (2003)
  • Frontline: Kim's Nuclear Gamble (2003). A 55-minute American documentary (PBS).
  • Secret Nation (2003)
  • Nuclear Nightmare: Understanding North Korea (2003). A 45-minute Discovery Channel
    Discovery Channel
    Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...

     documentary which has been criticized for its superficiality.
  • North Korea - The Juche Era (2003). A 46-minute Bulgarian documentary distributed by Journeyman Pictures
    Journeyman Pictures
    Journeyman Pictures is an English independent distributor of topical news features, documentaries and footage. The company publishes "The Journeyman Weekly" and has an archive of over 3,000 films...

    .
  • North Korea: Beyond The DMZ (2003). A 60-minute documentary by J.T. Takagi & Hye Jung Park.
  • A State of Mind
    A State of Mind
    A State of Mind is a 2004 documentary film directed by Daniel Gordon and produced by Nicholas Bonner. The film follows two North Korean child gymnasts and their families for over eight months during training for the 2003 Pyongyang mass games...

     (2004)
  • North Korea: A Day in the Life (2004)
  • North Korea : the Border and the War (2004)
  • Access to Evil (2004)
  • Return To The Border
    Return To The Border
    Return To The Border is a 2005 documentary film directed by Zhao Liang about his return to his hometown in China that borders the Yalu river and North Korea. The short film presents deep insight into both the Chinese and North Korean societies and changes that have taken place over the last...

     (2005)
  • CNN Presents: Undercover in the Secret State (2005)
  • Seoul Train
    Seoul Train
    Seoul Train is a 2005 documentary that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. These journeys are both dangerous and daring, since if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture and possible execution....

     (2006)
  • 60 Minutes
    60 Minutes
    60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....

    : The Hermit Kingdom (2006)
  • Crossing the Line (2006)
  • ABC news
    ABC News
    ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...

     A rare look inside North Korea (2006)
  • Friends of Kim (2006). A 71-minute documentary about a group of members of the Korean Friendship Association
    Korean Friendship Association
    The Korean Friendship Association , headed by Spanish citizen Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez, is an organization working with the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , as well as an organ of promotion/public relations for the...

    , who travel to North Korea to demonstrate their support for the North Korean regime.
  • Nordkorea: Einblicke in ein verschlossenes Land which translates to North Korea: Insights into a secretive country (2006). A 43-minute German documentary about a changing society. The film covers i.a. the following topics: the Kimchi
    Kimchi
    Kimchi , also spelled gimchi, kimchee, or kim chee, is a traditional fermented Korean dish made of vegetables with varied seasonings. There are hundreds of varieties of kimchi made with a main vegetable ingredient such as napa cabbage, radish, green onions or cucumber. It is the most common...

     harvest, energy shortages, the North Korean preschool system, the North Korean famine
    North Korean famine
    'The North Korean famine was a famine in North Korea which began in the early 1990s...

    , English lessons in North Korean schools, private farm markets and restaurants, demand driven shoe production, a Buddhist temple, a Bowling alley and the International Friendship Exhibition
    International Friendship Exhibition
    The International Friendship Exhibition is a large museum complex located at Myohyang-san mountain, North Pyongan province, in North Korea. It is a collection of halls that house gifts presented to former leader Kim Il-sung and the current leader Kim Jong-il from various foreign dignitaries...

    .
  • Kims Reich: Unterwegs in Nordkorea which translates to Kim's Kingdom: Travelling in North Korea (2006). A 27-minute German documentary about a Swiss tourist group. The film covers i.a. the Arirang Festival
    Arirang Festival
    The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang are held in the Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea...

    , a visit to a Buddhist temple, the demilitarized zone and the mountains of Kuwŏlsan and Myohyang-san
    Myohyang-san
    Myohyang-san is a mountain in North Korea . The mountain is named after the mystic shapes and fragrances found in the area....

    .
  • National Geographic: Inside North Korea (2007)
  • Inside Undercover In North Korea (2007)
  • An American in North Korea (2007)
  • North Korea: Hell on earth
  • National Geographic: Don't Tell My Mother I'm In... (Episode on North Korea)
  • North Korea a legacy of tension (2007)
  • The Vice Guide to North Korea (2008)
  • Kimjongilia (2008)
  • The Juche Idea (2008). A 62-minute documentary about the Juche
    Juche
    Juche or Chuch'e is a Korean word usually translated as "self-reliance." In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , "Juche" refers specifically to a political thesis of Kim Il-sung, the Juche Idea, that identifies the Korean masses as the masters of the country's development...

     ideology.
  • Vítejte v KLDR! (English title: Welcome to North Korea!) (2008) is a 71-minute Czech documentary about a Czech tourist group travelling to North Korea.
  • Seven Days In North Korea (2008) is a documentary by David Pluth focusing on North Korean history, culture, tourist attractions and current politics.
  • Themepark 1984 (2009) http://www.infinitehumanstupidity.com
  • Kim Jong Il's Comedy Club (2009)
  • Departures (TV series) (2010)
  • The Red Chapel
    The Red Chapel
    -External links:* The official film website* at the Sundance Film Festival website, including trailer* from The Hollywood Reporter...

     (2010). A Danish documentary about a fictional theatre group who want to perform in North Korea. The same footage was used in the 4-part documentary Det Røde Kapel
    Det Røde Kapel
    Det Røde Kapel was a Danish television show on the Danish television channel DR2, about the fictional theatre group Det Røde Kapel, which consists of three Danish comedians, who want to perform a comedy/variety show in North Korea...

     (2006).
  • Dictature, paranoïa, famine : bienvenue en Corée du Nord (2010). A 68-minute French documentary (M6 / Enquête exclusive) about a French tourist group visiting North Korea.
  • Wide Angle: Crossing Heaven's Border (PBS)
  • Seoul Sisters
    Seoul Sisters
    The Seoul Sisters is an upcoming film that explains the plight of North Korean refugees as they escape via a 6,000-mile 'underground railroad from Northern China to Bangkok, Thailand and the unique situation on the Korean Peninsula....

     (2011). A Canadian documentary about the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Similar to Seoul Train
    Seoul Train
    Seoul Train is a 2005 documentary that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. These journeys are both dangerous and daring, since if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture and possible execution....

     and hosted by Max Jones
    Max Jones
    Max Jones is an American Journalist, best known for his role as host of 2011 documentary, The Seoul Sisters and being the founder & an on air personality of positive news network, Felice News...

    , a 13-year-old Felice News co-host and North Korea activist.
  • Monkeetime - North Korea (2011) A 13-part documentary of the masquerades put together by the DPRK government trying to generate tourist cash while engaging in some garden-variety propaganda. Low-budget docu shot by the Monkeetime troupe (Canada/Sweden) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J2q5AwNzvQ
  • "Hiding" (2011) A documentary created by Liberty in North Korea
    Liberty in North Korea
    Liberty in North Korea is a grassroots organization in North America working full-time on the North Korean human rights issue. LiNK is headquartered in Torrance, California, USA with affiliates and chapters all over the world.-Mission:...

     that gives a detailed history of North Korean human rights crisis, features stories from North Korean refugees, and features interviews from many professionals on the crisis.

See also


ABDUCTION The Megumi Yokota Story (2006), BBC, PBS, Fuji TV, An 85-minute American documentary (www.abductionfilm.com)

North Korea. Open. - A 2011 debut documentary about the world's first international golf tournament in North Korea.
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