Seoul Train

USA 2005, 54 min.
Directors: Jim Butterworth, Aaron Lubarsky and Lisa Sleeth

Seoul Train is a gripping documentary which reveals the life and death of the North Koreans who are trying to escape from their country. SEOUL TRAIN also delves into the complex geopolitics behind this growing and potentially explosive humanitarian crisis. By combining vérité footage, personal stories and interviews with experts and government officials, SEOUL TRAIN depicts the flouting of international laws by major countries, the inaction and bureaucracy of the United Nations, and the heroics of activists that put themselves in harm’s way to save the refugees. In Seoul Train, we meet the activists on the front line, learn of the risks they take, and see firsthand the toll their work takes on them. We also hear from the Chinese Government why the North Koreans are not refugees; and from other experts (academics and NGOs) on the crisis at hand and as they foretell the impending disaster