Seoul Train

There is a route out of North Korea. It runs through China. The documentary is about those journeys. They are dangerous from beginning to end. Those who are caught are sent back. Severe consequences wait for them there. Torture and execution are among them. There is a network that helps people escape. It is made up of volunteers. They set up safe houses and escape routes. The aim is to get people to South Korea. The documentary shows how that network works. The film was broadcast in more than twenty countries. In the United States it screened on Independent Lens. It was given a journalism award in 2007. Jim Butterworth, Lisa Sleeth and Aaron Lubarsky made the fifty four minute film, an American production finished in 2004.