The Juche Idea (2008)

Jim Finn follows a South Korean video artist in North Korea who hopes to revitalize Juche cinema somewhat inspired by a true story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped in the 70s to make the North Korean film industry better This experimental satire that examines what happens when a South Korean filmmaker sojourns into communist North Korea to breathe new life into that countrys flagging propagandadriven movie industry Believing that cinema can prop up North Koreas Juche Idea of selfreliance mad dictator Kim JongIl pulls out all the stops to help the young émigré produce appropriate films