Making Movies in North Korea
Australian film-maker Anna Broinowski was given unprecedented access to North Korea's film industry
In 2012 Australian film-maker Anna Broinowski was given unprecedented access to North Korea's film industry when she was allowed to spend three weeks with the country's top directors and actors. The Communist country's regime uses film as a propaganda tool to indoctrinate the population about the decadence of other countries so the cinema industry is very important. Anna has now written a book and made a film about the experience.
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(Photo: Australian film-maker Anna Broinowski. Credit: Anna Broinowski/Aim High in Creation)
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