Camp 14 - Total Control Zone

Produced in 2012

Camp 14 - Total Control Zone

Film Information

Festival Edition 2013 - Edition 13
Section Human Rights Watch
Director Marc Wiese
Country Germany / South Korea
Duration 104 min
Language English / Korean
Producer Axel Engstfeld
Screenplay Marc Wiese
Cast Shin Dong-Hyuk, Hyuk Kown, Oh Yangnam
Genre Documentary

Synopsis

Camp 14 - Total Control Zone is a fascinating portrait of a young man who grew up imprisoned by dehumanizing violence yet still found the will to escape. Born inside a North Korean prison camp as the child of political prisoners, Shin Dong-Hyuk was raised in a world where all he knew was punishment, torture, and abuse. Shin escapes and becomes a human rights 'celebrity', but as we see, his life outside the camp is often just as challenging as it was inside it.