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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

Gr 9 Up—In 1942, a computer wasn't a machine—it was a person. In this stellar documentary, we meet several women computers—"Secret Rosies"—who worked on war-time mathematical calculations. Figuring out the trajectory of a bomb by turning the gears of a huge machine was all in a day's work. Young, fresh-faced, and patriotic, these recent college graduates were exhilarated by the opportunity to help their country. Some were also sobered by the later realization of collateral damage caused by miscalculations. Viewe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More