Deborah Ross

Outstanding and eye-opening doc about North Korea: Beyond Utopia review

This nail-biting new film follows two sets of North Koreans as they attempt to flee the horrifying regime

Madeleine Gavin’s outstanding documentary Beyond Utopia follows Soyeon Lee, a North Korean defector who is desperate to get her son out of the country 
issue 04 November 2023
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