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Reviewed on March 15, 2011
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912–94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2011 | Video/DVD
Gr 5 Up—David Almond's Printz Honor book, Skellig (Delacorte, 1999), is brilliantly translated into a family-friendly film. Tim Roth stars as Skellig, the fantastical man/bird/angel that Michael discovers living in an old shed in the backyard of his new home. At the moment, Michael's life is in turmoil—he's bullied at school by classmates and teachers, his family just moved to a dilapidated house, and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More