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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—This film combines a dramatization of a true story about Troy Shawn Welcome, a troubled New York City teen, with documentary footage featuring the adult Troy who provides commentary. While this is a somewhat strange mixture of drama and talking-head documentary, it is effective in relating how Troy suceeded in life with the help of University Heights High School, a remarkable therapeutic facility. The fictional part of the story trails off when the young man flounders at the first ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More