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| Country | Norway |
| Languages | English Korean |
Yodok Stories is a documentary film directed byPolish documentary screenwriter and directorAndrzej Fidyk and produced byTorstein Grude. Today, more than 200,000 men, women and children face torture, starvation and murder inNorth Korea'sconcentration camps.[1][2] Few survive the atrocities, yet the camps population is kept stable by a steady influx of new persons considered to be 'class enemies'.
A small group of people have managed to escape the camps and begin a new life in prosperousSouth Korea. The film follows some of these refugees who despite fear of persecution and death threats produce an extraordinary musical about their experiences in theYodok concentration camp.[3]
Yodok Stories won the Planet Doc Review, Youth Jury Award in Poland, The "In the spirit of freedom" award at Jerusalem Film Festival and the Bergen International Film Festival, Youth Jury's Documentary Award in 2008. The film has been screened at numerous film festivals worldwide, including theTribeca Film Festival andSheffield Doc/Fest in 2009.
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