Across Land, Across Sea: Defecting from North Korea
a film by Harkjoon Lee, Dongkyun Ko & Hein S. Seok
in association with Korea Creative Content Agency, The Foundation Broadcast for
Culture, RTBF, Chosun TV, NHK, TVN24, DR2
Songgook escaped from North Korea to South Korea when he was just 14 years old.
Today he is newly-wed with a child on the way. As is the case for an estimated
20,000 defectors who have built or are trying to build new lives in the South,
he is attempting to secure his entire family's freedom by arranging their
defection. This phenomenon has been coined the "chain of escapes."
Songgook puts his life at risk, making a dangerous trek to the Tumen River, a
border zone between China and North Korea. His plan is a dangerous one; to
illegally smuggle his family out of China by boat into the international waters
between China and Korea. It is in the safety of international waters where he
plans to hand over his family to a South Korean registered boat. Once his
family is safely transferred, Songgook plans to return to China where he will
then legally re-enter South Korea by plane. Because of the extreme dangers
associated with this journey, this kind of escape is very rare. This is the
first ever to be documented on video.
Production being finalized now. Trailer to follow shortly.
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