List of documentary films about North Korea

This is a list of documentary films about North 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. The film won the 2001 International Emmy award for Best Documentary. ^[1]
• North Korea - Shadows And Whispers (2000). A 52-minute documentary by filmmaker Kim Jung-Eun for Journeyman Pictures 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 (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 documentary which has been criticized for its superficiality. ^[2]
• North Korea - The Juche Era (2003). A 46-minute Bulgarian documentary distributed by Journeyman Pictures.
• North Korea: Beyond The DMZ (2003). A 60-minute documentary by J.T. Takagi & Hye Jung Park.
• A State of Mind (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 (2005)
• CNN Presents: Undercover in the Secret State (2005)
• Seoul Train (2006)
• 60 Minutes: The Hermit Kingdom (2006)
• Crossing the Line (2006)
• ABC news 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, 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 harvest, energy shortages, the North Korean preschool system, the North Korean famine, 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.
• 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, a visit to a Buddhist temple, the demilitarized zone and the mountains of Kuwŏlsan and Myohyang-san.
• 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 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) [1]
• Kim Jong Il's Comedy Club (2009)
• Departures (TV series) (2010)
• The Red Chapel (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 (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 (2011). A Canadian documentary about the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Similar to Seoul Train and hosted by Max Jones, 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) [2]
• "Hiding" (2011) A documentary created by Liberty in North Korea 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

• List of films set in or about North Korea

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.

References

1. ^ The New York Times: Welcome to North Korea (2003 movie review)
2. ^ The New York Times: TELEVISION REVIEW - Looking on the Bright Side About North Korea. August 6, 2003.