Mifa’s TV series & specials pitches went live on Thursday with an epic eight-parter from the U.K.’s Mosaic Films, focusing on the life of a young family growing up in North Korea.
Directed by award-winning director Andy Glynne, “38th Parallel: Hidden Voices from North Korea” takes the collected stories of defectors from the secretive regime and distills them into an ordinary family’s journey.
With a narrative spanning over 70 years – from the birth of North Korea to the present day – we follow the Park family – a soldier, a nurse and their two children – from their relative positions of privilege in Pyongyang to their banishment to a sparse northern town.
There, the family deal with famine, poverty, torture and the constant threat of death, while even escape to South Korea provides challenges as they tread the migrant’s path.
According to Glynne, who won a BAFTA for “Seeking Refuge...
Directed by award-winning director Andy Glynne, “38th Parallel: Hidden Voices from North Korea” takes the collected stories of defectors from the secretive regime and distills them into an ordinary family’s journey.
With a narrative spanning over 70 years – from the birth of North Korea to the present day – we follow the Park family – a soldier, a nurse and their two children – from their relative positions of privilege in Pyongyang to their banishment to a sparse northern town.
There, the family deal with famine, poverty, torture and the constant threat of death, while even escape to South Korea provides challenges as they tread the migrant’s path.
According to Glynne, who won a BAFTA for “Seeking Refuge...
- 6/20/2020
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
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