Beyond Utopia - Official Trailer

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A suspenseful look at the lengths people will go to gain freedom, #BeyondUtopia follows various individuals as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most oppressive places on Earth, a land they grew up believing was a paradise.

At the film’s core are a mother desperate to reunite with the child she was forced to leave behind; a family of five — including small children and an elderly grandmother — embarking on a treacherous journey across the Yalu River and into the hostile mountains of China; and a man of God on a mission to help these desperate souls. Leaving their homeland is fraught with danger — severe punishment if caught and possibly even execution — as well as potential exploitation by unscrupulous brokers. Family members who remain behind also may face retribution. Yet these individuals are driven to take the risk.

Gripping, visceral, and urgent, Madeleine Gavin’s film embeds the viewer with these family members as they attempt their perilous escape, palpably conveying life-or-death stakes. The result is a singular, illuminating, and unforgettable experience.

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This documentary left me speechless. I cannot fathom the level of risk and danger these people endured, and the difficulty of not only getting them to freedom but actually smuggling cameras into North Korea and filming the entire thing. Unbelievable. This should be shown in schools everywhere

dollarsaurus
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A Masterpiece -- One of the elite films of 2023. Riveting and Urgent Filmmaking!

tccandler
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The 80 year old grandmother who walked and climbed over mountains and rivers is my new hero.

MrFoxfinance
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I am watching this now. It’s one of the most powerful documentaries I’ve ever seen. What an eye opener.

dianebrewer
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This documentary is a miracle to even exist. Literally risking their lives just to capture this on camera...

itazenin
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One of the best documentaries I have ever watched. I had already read quite a few books about the situation in North Korea, but "Beyond Utopia" really hammers the truth home. A masterpiece!

haikushack
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This documentary was just heart breaking. I feel bad for the people living there and those who are just wanting to escape.

yomommaokay
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This documentary is a masterpiece, 10/10

welenaw
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I just watched this the other day. Really good. I have followed North Korea for many yrs and familiar with stories even such as those shown in the film but it's the filming itself that blew me away. The film access while these acts are going on is incredible. Huge props to the producers, director and camera people

MrAitraining
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They got me at hello. Fantastic documentary 10/10. I found myself on the edge of the seat. Best documentary of 2023. It's definitely better than 20 days in Mariupol.

Joey-ctbm
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Very powerful documentary and very truthful.

gwenratcliffe
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One of the truly great NK documentaries, utterly heart breaking. It's up there with 'Under the Sun'. Anyone heard any updates on the women who's son was sent to the gulag?

mandingo
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And this Pastor is a super-hero in today's world laying-down his very life for his fellow man, woman, or child.
He follows Christ's words, "Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." From the Bible in John 15:13.

Evidently the Holy Spirit resides in him, otherwise how can he show such sacrificial love, as well as those supporting him?

chrisbriscoe
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Having just watched this gripping and fascinating trailer, I'm really looking forward to watching the full documentary when it's released. Thank you for sharing this remarkable story with the world.

howdan
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A great doc—all actual footage, riveting and heartbreaking. I felt like a spoiled AmericanBastard watching the hell that family, aged 8 to 80, and the defector’s mother went through, just for a shot at what I got by some accident of birth. And still they cried at having to leave home. These damn dictators and all oppressors—we get one trip through this life, and they spend all of theirs making millions of others’ horrible. Thanks be to that pastor—now there’s a Christian. Puts those “Christian Nationalists” to shame. They need a vacation in North Korea.

SaintVodou
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I saw it, it was very eye opening. Definitely worth watching.

azureblue
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I would have been destroyed if that family had not have made it to safety, this was a hard but wonderful watch.

Slurped
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What an absolute tribute to the human spirit.

ftS
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"Beyond Utopia" sounds like a description of where this movie is playing because I literally can't find it anywhere in Northeastern Illinois where I live even though it was supposed to have come out at the theaters over a week and a half ago.

tedmccarron
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I am sorry that we could not attend the showtimes in theater on 10/23 and 24. When will it be available to watch in other ways?

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