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Barbara DemickSelf

Kim Sung-eunSelf

Lee Hyeon-seoSelf

Lee So-yeonSelf

Kim Jong-unSelf (archive footage)

Kim Jong-ilSelf (archive footage)

Kim Il-sungSelf (archive footage)

Kim Jong-namSelf (archive footage)

Jang Song-thaekSelf (archive footage)

Ri Sol-juSelf (archive footage)

Madeleine GavinDirector

Madeleine GavinWriter

Kim Hyun-seokDirector of Photography

Taylor PageOriginal Music Composer

Adam TaylorOriginal Music Composer

Rachel CohenProducer

Sue Mi TerryProducer

Jana EdelbaumProducer

Beyond Utopia

Madeleine Gavin · 2023 · 116 minutes · USA

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A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

Barbara DemickSelf

Kim Sung-eunSelf

Lee Hyeon-seoSelf

Lee So-yeonSelf

Kim Jong-unSelf (archive footage)

Kim Jong-ilSelf (archive footage)

Kim Il-sungSelf (archive footage)

Kim Jong-namSelf (archive footage)

Jang Song-thaekSelf (archive footage)

Ri Sol-juSelf (archive footage)

Madeleine GavinDirector

Madeleine GavinWriter

Kim Hyun-seokDirector of Photography

Taylor PageOriginal Music Composer

Adam TaylorOriginal Music Composer

Rachel CohenProducer

Sue Mi TerryProducer

Jana EdelbaumProducer

Awards

1 win & 28 nominations

Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards

Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 ASTRA Film Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards

Winner Best Documentary · 2023 DiscussingFilm Critic Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 EDA Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Critics Choice Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Denver Film Critics Society Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Dorian Film Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 London Critics Circle Film Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Michigan Movie Critics Guild Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Music City Film Critics Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 North Dakota Film Society Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 North Texas Film Critics Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Online Film Critics Society Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Online Film and Television Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Phoenix Critics Circle Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Portland Critics Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
Nominee Best Documentary · 2023 Utah Film Critics Association Awards

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