some reccomended movies about life in North Korea

two movies i've seen both produced by North Korean defectors give the viewer an idea about the harshness of what life must be like in NK.
people find themselves in impossible situations and are forced to do things they wouldn't normally do.

the first one is called "Crossing". as the name implies, a father crosses into china to find medicine for his wife who is pregnant.

the movie is available on amazon and has english subtitles if anyone interested.

 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9740330355/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

more information here with screenshots of the movie and there is a trailor on this page as well

http://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Crossing&forcepurge=1#comment-2002805

the second one i saw recently at the winter film awards in New York city on the invite of SoonJa of No Chain for North Korea.
it's called "the Gift of Love"

we met at Cinema Village to watch the move.
the director of the movie, Gyu-min Gim was there as well and we went out to dinner afterwards.

this time, the wife makes a hard decision to earn some money to help her ailing husband and things go wrong.

you can read about it here.

https://winterfilmawards.com/film/wfa2019-the-gift-of-love/

 there is also a link to questions and answers of the director Gyu-min Gim
he was a major in the DPRK army and witnessed many situations like this.
he co-directed the movie Crossing also.

here is a trailor of the movie

so to sum up. these movies wont cheer you up but you get an idea through the eyes of people who have been there what it must be like.

this is why we do what we can.