I’m not really sure how to rate a documentary, so I’ll give it 1.5 stars as it wasn’t a necessarily enjoyable watching experience. That being said, I admire what it conveyed. I was expecting more behind the scenes footage that wasn’t staged by the North Koreans, but we got a decent glimpse at what unfiltered life in North Korea looks like. When the cameras were off (or so they thought), the North Koreans looked gloomy and depressed. The fact that 26 million people are so indoctrinated, brainwashed and cut-off from the rest of the world in 2026 is mind blowing to me. The last scene, where Zin-mi is shown continuously crying, and the North Korean director is heard telling her mom to make Zin-mi stop crying, so she proceeds to tell Zin-mi to think on something cheerful, but she really can’t until her mom suggests singing a poem, which she proceeds to do (of course, a poem about how great Kim Yong Un is), perfectly encapsulates both the brainwashing and life in North Korea.
I’m not really sure how to rate a documentary, so I’ll give it 1.5 stars as it wasn’t a necessarily enjoyable watching experience. That being said, I admire what it conveyed. I was expecting more behind the scenes footage that wasn’t staged by the North Koreans, but we got a decent glimpse at what unfiltered life in North Korea looks like. When the cameras were off (or so they thought), the North Koreans looked gloomy and depressed. The fact that 26 million people are so indoctrinated, brainwashed and cut-off from the rest of the world in 2026 is mind blowing to me. The last scene, where Zin-mi is shown continuously crying, and the North Korean director is heard telling her mom to make Zin-mi stop crying, so she proceeds to tell Zin-mi to think on something cheerful, but she really can’t until her mom suggests singing a poem, which she proceeds to do (of course, a poem about how great Kim Yong Un is), perfectly encapsulates both the brainwashing and life in North Korea.
