[VdR '23] The director, wife of documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee, uses archival footage and interviews recorded over twenty years to trace a family story that is directly linked to the political history of the two Koreas, facing off in a war that in theory it ended in 1953. The memoirs also invite curiosity to address the personal stories of North Korean defectors, especially Mr. Kwon, a former diplomat whose socialist mindset doesn't seem to fit into capitalist society. There is a fluid connection between personal memories and journalistic investigation, subtle but thoughtful.
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[VdR '23] The director, wife of documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee, uses archival footage and interviews recorded over twenty years to trace a family story that is directly linked to the political history of the two Koreas, facing off in a war that in theory it ended in 1953. The memoirs also invite curiosity to address the personal stories of North Korean defectors, especially Mr. Kwon, a former diplomat whose socialist mindset doesn't seem to fit into capitalist society. There is a fluid connection between personal memories and journalistic investigation, subtle but thoughtful.