Playing Frisbee in North Korea
“It's North Korea. What harm could come from playing frisbee?”
Synopsis
Playing Frisbee in North Korea is the first documentary produced and directed by an African-American female filmmaker from inside North Korea. The idea began at a conference on Korean Re-unification organized by General Colin L. Powell and the Colin Powell Center, where director Savanna Washington was a Graduate Fellow. Through verité footage from inside North Korea, interviews with North Korean refugees, long time aid workers, scholars, and experts on the topic, this documentary provides an authentic, on the ground perspective of the lives, struggles, and humanity of the people of North Korea.
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Edited by Joshua SarloShot by Savanna Washington
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11 unique people credited
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Savanna Washington
as Self - Narrator
Colin Powell
as Self
Jerome Sauvage
as Self - United Nations - Resident Coordinator: Pyongyan, North Korea
So Jung Il
as Self - Tour Guide
Il Sung Kim
as Self
Suzy Kim
as Self - Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Charles Armstrong
as Self - Professor, Columbia University
Tim Peters
as Self - Director, Helping Hands Korea
John Everard
as Author, 'Only Beautiful, Please'
Andrei Lankov
as Self - Prof. Kookmin University: Seoul, South Korea
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