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Gymnasts -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Gymnastics -- Korea (North) -- Exhibitions.
Nationalism -- Korea (North)
Gymnastics for girls.
Spectacular, The.
Spectacular, The -- Government policy -- Korea (North) -- Pʻyŏngyang.
Physical education and training -- Korea (North)
Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
Korea (North) -- Civilization -- 21st century.
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Gymnasts -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Gymnastics -- Korea (North) -- Exhibitions.
Nationalism -- Korea (North)
Gymnastics for girls.
Spectacular, The.
Spectacular, The -- Government policy -- Korea (North) -- Pʻyŏngyang.
Physical education and training -- Korea (North)
Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
Korea (North) -- Civilization -- 21st century.
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A state of mind [videorecording (DVD)].
Kino on Video, [2006].
Call #:
DVD 796.47 S797 Doc
Subjects
Gymnasts -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Gymnastics -- Korea (North) -- Exhibitions.
Nationalism -- Korea (North)
Gymnastics for girls.
Spectacular, The.
Spectacular, The -- Government policy -- Korea (North) -- Pʻyŏngyang.
Physical education and training -- Korea (North)
Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
Korea (North) -- Civilization -- 21st century.
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally released as a documentary film in 2004.
Special features: An interview with director
Daniel
Gordon
; CNN: "A state of mind" (2005, color, 7 min.) ; stills gallery.
Letterboxed (1.85:1) - enhanced for 16x9 TVs.
A North Korea/United Kingdom co-production.
Home use only.
IN English and Korean with optional English subtitles.
Production:
Very Much So in association with BBC Arte and WNET, a film by
Daniel
Gordon
; produced and directorby
Daniel
Gordon
.
Performers:
Gymnasts: Kim Song Yun, Pak Hyon Sun.
Summary:
"A fascinating mixture of cinema verite and essay filmmaking A State Of Mind connects culture, history and politics into a complex exploration of one of the world's most closed nations - North Korea. After extensive negotiations with Pyongyang government, filmmaker
Daniel
Gordon
and producer Nicolas Bonner were granted unprecedented - and unrestricted - access to film a pair of gymnast instruction, 11-year-old Kim Song Yun and 13-year-old Pak Hyon Sun practiced through exhaustion - doing pirouettes and cartwheels on a cement floor - and proudly displayed their love for great General Kim Jong II. But more than a character expose, A State Of Mind unravels some of the political meaning behind this epic sports celebration while placing the country's current political status - as a 'rogue nation' - in perspective with some of its most important and traumatic historical moments. While A State Of Mind brings never-before-seen images of state -regulated schools, pubs and artistic performances, it is its daring ability to illustrate 'the hardships of their lives in a manner almost never permitted by the Pyongyang government' (Anthony Faiola, Washington Post) that makes this a 'terrific' (Amy Taubin, Film Comment) documentary. Yet, when the film explores how the brutal 1950s U.S. bombings - which killed over 2 million North Koreans - still as a lingering trauma in this nation of 22 million, one is forced to re-think several assumptions about the nature of anti-American sentiment to glimpse into the real North Korea."--Container.
Genre:
Documentary films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Gordon
,
Daniel
,
1972-
VeryMuchSo Productions.
Kino International Corporation.
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Adult Feature DVDs
DVD 796.47 S797 Doc
Adult Dvds-7 Days-Adult Accompaniment
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