[KS] Re: north korea/polish documentary

[Joy Kim]

I just received an announcement for the following film and am wondering if
this could be what you are looking for.  I am copying this on the
Korean-studies list, since several list members wanted to know more about
the film.  Joy.

Pyongyang Diaries / directed by Solrun Hoaas
52 mintes/color/1998
Sale: $390.

Available from:

First Run ICARUS Films
153 Waverly Place
Sixth Floor
New York City
New York, 10014
Tel: 212-727-1711
Fax: 212-255-7923
Email: mail at frif.com
Web: www.frif.com

At 04:02 AM 12/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>	Dear Ms. Kim;
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>	Greetings from CNN's international desk;
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>	Several years ago, I saw a documentary made by a Polish film maker in
North Korea. He shot about 100 hours of film in pre-Solidarity days, and
took it back with him to Poland to develop and edit. 
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>	The first product was a communist brotherhood propaganda piece. But after
the Iron Curtain fell, the film maker pieced together scraps from the
editing room floor and made a remarkable, revealing "backstage" piece about
daily life in North Korea. It was released in about 1990.
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>	Does any of this ring a bell with you? It was one of the memorable pieces
of film I have ever seen, and I'd like to track it down. 
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>	Would you happen to know the title of the film, the name of the
documentary maker or have any suggestions about where I should look?
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>	I had no luck finding this after exhaustive Lex-Nex searches. 
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>	If you don't know of this documentary but would like information about it
once I've located it down, please let me and I'll forward the info to you
once I find it. 
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>	Appreciate any help you can provide ...
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>	Thanks and best holiday wishes
>
>	paul ferguson
>	cnn international assignment editor
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Joy Kim
Curator, Korean Heritage Library
University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
Tel: 213-740-2329/Fax: 213-740-7437
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