Camp 14 - Total control of the zone (2012)

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Shin Dong-Hyuk was born in a North Korean concentration camp to parents who were married on the orders of wardens.

At the age 23, by a virtual miracle he managed to escape and reach South Korea. His descriptions of camp rules, the zero value placed on human life and the torturous practices of the guards are chilling. However, perhaps even worse is the disfigurement of the human spirit, which cannot recover as easily as wounds to the body.

Dong-Hyuk has lived in freedom for six years, but his spirit remains imprisoned in a North Korean camp, in a world where informing on one’s parents in exchange for a bigger portion of food is normal; where the whim of wardens decides life and death; and where, despite the horrors he has experienced, Dong-Hyuk longs to return. It is the only world in which he can live. The power of his testimony is reinforced by animated passages recreating camp life and completely unique amateur footage shot by a guard.

This film has been screened at several festivals around the world, including Locarno and DOK Leipzig.

Mi se pare mie sau suna a propaganda asiatica legata de conflictul din Koreea?