The Juche Idea (2008)

Jim Finn, follows a South Korean video artist in North Korea who hopes to revitalize Juche cinema, somewhat inspired by a true story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped in the 70s to make the North Korean film industry better. This experimental satire that examines what happens when a South Korean filmmaker sojourns into communist North Korea to breathe new life into that country's flagging, propaganda-driven movie industry. Believing that cinema can prop up North Korea's Juche Idea of self-reliance, mad dictator Kim Jong-Il pulls out all the stops to help the young émigré produce appropriate films.

Released March 31, 2008 62 min None+

Genres: Comedy

Keywords: mdblist.fresh, tmdb.found-footage, imdb.found-footage, imdb.north-korea, imdb.kim-jong-il, imdb.communism, imdb.mockumentary, aspectratio.1-85-1

Watch Providers: Kanopy, OVID, DocAlliance Films

Country: United States
Languages: English