MOVIE · 2021
North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator
Documentary90 min
Kim Jong Un’s rise and rule are traced through family history, state image-making, and the closed political system that keeps North Korea under tight control. Anna Fifield and Jean H. Lee are among the contributors piecing together the public myth around the country’s leader, while archival appearances from figures including Donald Trump and Xi Jinping widen the focus beyond Pyongyang. Moving from the legacy of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to the diplomacy and propaganda of the present, the film looks at how one man came to hold North Korea’s uncertain future in his hands.
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