In 1992, political prisoners from North Korea settled in the South Korean town where filmmaker Dong-won Kim lived. Sent to South Korea as spies during the war, they spent 30 years in jail. How did they endure the many years of torture? What will become of them now that they have been released? Twelve years in the making, Repatriation is a very personal view of a country divided by an ongoing cold war.
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Repatriation - Trailer - TWN
Directed by Dong-won Kim In the spring of 1992 documentary filmmaker Dong-won Kim met Cho Chang-son and Kim Seak-hyoung two North Koreans arrested ...
"Repatriation Time" Promo on Sri Lankan TV
Watching TV with the Manoj Siriwardana of KIFF (Kandy Intl. Film Festival) crew as Ras Ceylon appeared on "The Chill Pill" show on MTV in Sri Lanka and ...
Ola Na Iwi: Repatriation of Iwi Kupuna and Moepu & Imprisonment of Halealoha
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