A State of Mind

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Release date: August 10, 2005
Duration: 93 minutes
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Overview

Two young North Korean gymnasts prepare for an unprecedented competition in this documentary that offers a rare look into the communist society and the daily lives of North Korean families. For more than eight months, film crews follow 13-year-old Pak Hyon Sun and 11-year-old Kim Song Yun and their families as the girls train for the Mass Games, a spectacular nationalist celebration.

Starring

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Daniel Gordon
Narrator
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Kim Jong-il
Himself (archive footage)