Madeleine Gavin's film tells deeply personal stories about people attempting to defect from North Korea and a heroic pastor from South Korea making the dangerous escape possible.
Part of Pastor Kim’s commitment to this cause has also involved documenting life beyond the demilitarized zone and the particular pathways to escape, contributing to the occasionally mind-boggling footage that Gavin has to work with.
Providing the movie’s breathless spin is the escape of the five-person Ro family — two parents, a grandmother and two small daughters — who have to cross rivers, climb mountains, dodge Communist authorities and wander through darkened rainforests in search of a freedom they aren’t all sure that they want.
Finally, there’s Soyeon Lee, who left her son in North Korea 10 years earlier when she defected and now dreams of a reunion, while at the same time worrying about the consequences for her entire family if anything goes wrong. There’s an involvement between Gavin, her crew and Pastor Kim’s work that isn’t really made clear.
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