Songs From the North

Interweaving footage from the directors three visits to North Korea with songs spectacle popular cinema and archival footage Songs from the North takes a different look at this enigmatic country typically seen through the distorted lens of jingoistic propaganda and derisive satire Challenging the meaning of freedom love patriotism and ultimately the human condition it tries to understand on their own terms the psychology and popular imaginary of the North Korean people and the political ideology of absolute love which continues to drive the nation towards its uncertain future