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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 September 1, 2011 | Video/DVD
Gr 9 Up—Michael Nash's documentary explores the conditions facing those who are displaced by floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, drought, and other natural disasters. The film warns that these climate refugees, leaving their countries of origin, will strain other nations' resources, leading to a possible collapse of civilization as we know it. Nash and his crew traveled for nearly three years, gathering footage and interviewing victims of environmental disasters in Africa, China, Bangladesh, and the United States. Their emotional tales include a young mother whose infant child was swept away in flood ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More