‘Beyond Utopia’ Documents Crazy Reality Of Life In North Korea

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North Korea is an earthly paradise – at least, that’s the fiction its people are fed from birth by their dictatorial government. The reality is far, far grimmer, almost unimaginably so. Just how dreadful conditions are in the country becomes clear in the documentary Beyond Utopia, directed by Madeleine Gavin. The film, winner of awards at Sundance, the Sydney Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, and Woodstock Film Festival, among others, screened as part of Deadline’s For the Love of Docs virtual event series. It includes video surreptitiously recorded by ordinary citizens – “These incredibly brave North Koreans who were...