Join the Korea Future Initiative and Connect: North Korea on Dec 3rd for the first screening of ‘Little Pyongyang’ to feature a Q&A with the documentary’s star, Mr Choi Joong-hwa. The screening will take place in New Malden Methodist Church. Doors open at 7.15pm. Tickets in advance are £5; £7 on the doors.
Proceeds will be split between Korea Future Initiative’s Rescue Fund and Connect: North Korea’s Community Centre. To find out more, please visit: www.koreafuture.org/what-we-do/rescue
Monday 3 December 2018, 19:15-21:00 | Book tickets
New Malden Methodist Church | 49 High St | New Malden KT3 4BY
19:15 – Doors Open
19:30 – Little Pyongyang screening begins
20:00-21:00 – Q+A with Mr Choi Joong-hwa and the Director, Roxy Rezvany
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About the film
‘Little Pyongyang’ is a tale of one North Korean’s struggle to leave behind the homeland, Joong-wha Choi, a former soldier in the DPRK, lives today with his wife and kids in a sleepy London suburb. Despite enjoying the new found comforts of his British life, and being emancipated from the pressures of the North Korean state, his dilemma lies in a desire to return to the land that betrayed him, but is undoubtedly his true home. The film tracks his reflections on both why he left North Korea and the state of his day to day life over the course of several months, in what is ultimately a portrait of loss, longing, and the complexities of healing from trauma.
With exclusive access to one of the world’s largest community on North Korean defectors, Joong-wha’s story extends to the community he lives alongside. At a time when the world is wrapped up in the exchanges of pomp and bravado between two theatrical but powerful world leaders, we recognise the North Korean defectors on Britain’s doorstep, and follow Joong-wha as he considers his mission to seek change for North Korea.