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Beyond Utopia director Madeleine Gavin speaks to Yahoo UK about the documentary, which follows real North Korean defectors and their escape from the dictatorship

North Korean defectors Pastor Kim and Soyeon Lee speak to Yahoo UK about Beyond Utopia and the mission to help fellow defectors escape the dictatorship.

Earning your subject's trust is never easy for a documentary filmmaker -- but it is even harder when they think you want to kill them.One slip-up could see them also repatriated to North Korea, lending the documentary a dramatic tension more associated with Hollywood thrillers.

Human Rights Watch states the case very clearly: North Korea “remains one of the most repressive countries in the world.” In a 2022 report, the nonprofit said, “The North Korean government does not respect the rights to freedom of thought, opinion, expression or information… Fear of collective punishment is used to silence dissent.” Amnesty International, in …

Imagen ⒸOISBy EJ Monica Kim | For the IPC At first, South Korea’s Vo Ra Mi Seo thought it was only every four years that she couldshowcase what people with a disability are capable of.  But after signing with a modelling agency last December, the Para cross-country skier is excited to display the beauty of disability more often. “Although I got involved in many gigs like photoshoots and television shows after my Paralympic debut in 2010, I always felt like I was starting over, that I wa...