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“Beyond Utopia” was considered a frontrunner for Best Documentary at the Oscars. Its Western gaze omits important Korean history.

These documentaries based on or about Korea may be ideal for learning more about the country and its people.

Already politically unstable to some extent inside china. but then once you had unification, you would have this democratic government right on the chinese border, perhaps u.s. troops located right on the chinese border. that's not something that they want. >> also, part of this rhetoric from kim jong-un that we're now seeing, how much do you think it is to shore up his own support within his own government? he's a new leader, he doesn't have the same kind of track record that his father had. >> yeah, i think what you're seeing here is a domestic agenda play out on a public stage. it's unfortu...

Those were chinese guards who pulled the woman and child away from the gates. china's government doesn't consider north korean refugees worthy of asylum. "seoul train" has given the world a rare look inside the live of north koreans. jim butterworth, one of the film makers, joins me now. good to have you back on the program. the fact that north koreans would resort to such drastic measures for their freedom speaks volumes about the desperate situation that they're facing back home. >> definitely. i mean, in this situation, if they're caught and sent back to north korea, they'll face almost cer...

Want. >> also, part of this rhetoric from kim jong-un that we're now seeing, how much do you think it is to shore up his own support within his own government? he's a new leader, he doesn't have the same kind of track record that his father had. >> yeah, i think what you're seeing here is a domestic agenda play out on a public stage. it's unfortunately, it's fraught with the potential for grave miscalculation. if cooler heads don't prevail here, if there is a miscalculation, it could have very bad consequences. >> it's so disturbing to see some of the images you were able to capture in this fi...