SummaryInterweaving footage from director Soon-Mi Yoo's three visits to North Korea together with songs, spectacle, popular cinema and archival footage, Songs from the North tries to understand the psychology and popular imagery of the North Korean people. To look closely and objectively at North Korea, a country that challenges our most fundamental ass... Read More
Directed By:Soon-Mi Yoo
Songs from the North
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Dec 9, 2014
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In Songs From the North, the South Korean–born, U.S.-based filmmaker Soon-Mi Yoo takes her camera to North Korea and, through a purposeful mix of on-location footage, poetic intertitles ("Is North Korea the loneliest place on Earth?"), and archival media, creates an empathetic snapshot of a country that is almost never depicted in such an accessible light.
Sep 13, 2015
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North Korean culture is lensed in part through a South Korean perspective, with the final chapter asking: “Is reunification possible?”
Sep 17, 2015
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Scattering history lessons and ambiguous imagery amid Ms. Yoo’s engagement with North Koreans, her film implicitly asks: What must they think of us?
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Production Company:
- Rosa Filmes
Release Date:Sep 18, 2015
Duration:1 h 12 m
Awards
Locarno Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Doclisboa International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination




























