Children of the Secret State

Name: Children of the Secret State
Genre: Documentary
Released: 29 Mar 2001
Rating: 6.30

Children of the Secret State follows Ahn Chol, a 29-year-old North Korean man who escaped from the country in 1997 by swimming across a river to China after his parents died of starvation. Chol has slipped back into North Korea several times since 1997 with a hidden camera to reveal a side of the communist nation that its government tries to hide from the outside world. In the documentary, viewers are exposed to many gruesome realities, including a food supply only available on the black market and small children fending for themselves to survive, scooping up spilled rice and corn.

Year: 2001

Genre: Documentary

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Director: Carla Garapedian

Cast:

Crew: Carla Garapedian (Director)

Runtime: 50 minutes

Release: Mar 29, 2001

IMDb: 6.30/10 by 6 users

Popularity: 1

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Language: English