Songs From the North (2014)

For all that the Kim dynasty has done to define North Korea for the rest of the globe, can outsiders have an objective understanding of the nation’s people live their lives? South Korean documentarian Soon-Mi Yoo offers a very different perspective with her intriguing film essay, which combines footage from her three sojourns to the North-catching the public in revealing, unguarded moments-with archival footage of festivals and spectacle that grant insight into North Korea’s modern history and psyche. 72 min. In Korean with English subtitles.