The real lives of people trapped in the world’s most secretive state are finally exposed.

It is the most secretive and isolated country in the world. Under the rule of dictator Kim Jong-Un, no-one knows what the citizens of North Korea really think. That is until now.
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This revealing film hears the uncensored views of people in the North including army officers, a senior member of the security service, and a desperate family contemplating escape. What happens behind the wall of silence?
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