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Title Seoul train / produced by Lisa Sleeth & Jim Butterworth ; directed by Jim Butterworth, Aaron Lubarsky, Lisa Sleeth ; Incite Productions.

Publication Info. Harriman, NY : New Day Films, [2008]
©2008

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 Moore Video  HV640.5.k67 S38 2008    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Special limited ed.
Description 1 DVD (54 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
System Details DVD.
Credits Editor, Aaron Lubarsky ; camera, Lisa Sleeth & Jim Butterworth.
Note Originally produced as a documentary in 2004.
Includes additional documents, resources and teaching materials accessible via a DVD-ROM drive on a personal computer.
Special bonus footage includes: Sen. Brownback introduction to Seoul Train (2:22) -- Filmakers and Sen. Brownback discuss the crisis (5:26) -- CNN interview with Jim Butterworth (9:36) -- ABC News interview with Jim Butterworth (11:29) -- PRC stance on the refugee crisis (12:45) -- More insight into UNHCR efforts (13:07) -- Panel at Council on Foreign Relations (35:58) -- Outtakes from the Han-mi family (10:05) -- Tim Peters, meeting four teenage refugees he helped to rescue (7:37) -- Experts discuss the refugee crisis, regime collapse, South Korea, and potential solutions (10:53) -- Public executions in North Korea (11:28) -- 12. Our homage to Mr. Kim Sang-hun (4:16) -- Seoul Train trailer from the PBS series, Independent Lens (0:41).
Summary "Today, there are an estimated 250,000 North Korean refugees living underground in China. They escaped a food crisis and other persecutions at home that have claimed the lives of approximately 3 million in the past 10 years. The Chinese Government -- in direct violation of international laws to which it's a party -- systematically arrests and forcibly repatriates hundreds of these refugees each month. Defecting from North Korea is a capital offense, and repatriated refugees face human rights abuses ranging from concentration camps and torture to forced abortion and summary executions. For a lucky few refugees, however, there is hope. A group of multinational activists has taken it upon themselves to create an Underground Railroad. Via a network of safe houses and escape routes, the activists -- at great personal risk -- help the refugees on daring escapes to freedom over hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of miles of Chinese territory"--Producers.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Local Note Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian.
Language In English, Korean & Mandarin Chinese, with optional English, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Catalan, Russian, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Albanian, or bi-lingual English & Korean subtitles.
Terms Of Use Rider University has limited public performance rights included in the purchase of this title. "Institutional streaming licenses for....life of file terms permit all Educational Uses....Educational Use: Exhibition or display of Streamed Content or DVD Content in educational markets including, but not limited to, primary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, libraries, museums, hospitals, companies, and nonprofit organizations and individual exhibition or display of Streamed Content or DVD Content by Authorized Users studying, researching or working through primary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and distance learning programs"--New Day Terms and Conditions.
Subject Refugees -- Korea (North)
Refugees.
Korea (North)
Refugees -- Government policy -- China.
Refugees -- Government policy.
China.
Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Korea (North) -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Korea (North) -- Foreign relations.
International relations.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Butterworth, Jim, producer, director.
Sleeth, Lisa, producer, director.
Lubarsky, Aaron, director.
Incite Productions.
New Day Films.
Note Title also in Korean on disc label and menu: Sŏul kichʻa