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By Lee Jin-a
A documentary that offers a glimpse of life inside North Korea will premiere in New York next month, the U.S.-based Voice of America (VOA) said.
"The movie ('Under the Sun') will premiere at Film Forum in New York City on July 6, followed by 15 to 30 other cities across the U.S. and Canada," Livia Bloom, vice-president of Icarus Films, told VOA.
The documentary will screen at Film Forum from July 6 to 12 and at Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, California, from July 15 to 21.
"Under the Sun," which discloses the process of making propaganda in North Korea, has been shown at about 20 movie festivals in North America. It was also selected as a candidate in the Golden Gate Awards Competition at the San Francisco Film Festival.
Directed by Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky, the movie shows the life of an eight-year-old girl named Jin-mi, who joined the Korean Children's Union on the birthday of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, on Feb 16.
As North Korean authorities constantly intervened in his filming, Mansky recorded not only Jin-mi's staged life but also the government's involvement in the documentary.
The movie, released last October, has won several international awards, including Best Film in the Baltic Gaze competition of the 22nd Vilnius Film Festival and the Jury Prize in the documentary competition of this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival.
