A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.
Directed by Madeleine Gavin
refugee
pastor
based on true story
geopolitics
political documentary
underground movement
north korean defector
north korea
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Cast
Kim Jong-un
Self (archive footage)
Kim Jong-il
Self (archive footage)
Kim Il-sung
Self (archive footage)
Jang Song-thaek
Self (archive footage)
Ri Sol-ju
Self (archive footage)
Douglas MacArthur
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Madeleine Gavin
Director
Madeleine Gavin
Writer
Adam Taylor
Original Music Composer
Madeleine Gavin
Editor
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Executive Producer
Madeleine Gavin
Second Unit Director of Photography
Madeleine Gavin
Archival Footage Research
Marci Wiseman
Co-Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
55 reviews
Jordan R
8.0★ · 02/15/26
Gotta rewatch cause I fell asleep some of it cause I’m working on like 4 hrs of sleep in 48 hrs.
Gotta rewatch cause I fell asleep some of it cause I’m working on like 4 hrs of sleep in 48 hrs.
Will Thomson
9.0★ · 02/05/26
A brutal real, on the ground look in how much it takes to escape North Korea... very powerful
A brutal real, on the ground look in how much it takes to escape North Korea... very powerful
Piers Rennie
7.0★ · 01/31/26
Nothing more to say
Nothing more to say
Zak Jessop
10.0★ · 03/03/25
I have never felt so emotional watching a film before. The stories in this film will have you need tissues at just how brutal and horrifying the life of North Koreans truly is.
I have never felt so emotional watching a film before. The stories in this film will have you need tissues at just how brutal and horrifying the life of North Koreans truly is.
