Seoul Train

Seoul Train (2004)

Seoul Train is a 2005 documentary that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. These journeys are both dangerous and daring, since if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture and possible execution. Seoul Train has been broadcast on television around the world, including on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. In January 2007, "Seoul Train" was awarded the Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Silver Baton for excellence in broadcast journalism. In April 2007, "Seoul Train" was named runner-up in the National Journalism Awards. The film was produced, directed and filmed by Jim Butterworth, a technology entrepreneur in Colorado in the U.S., and Lisa Sleeth of Incite Productions. It was co-directed and edited by Aaron Lubarsky, an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker in New York.

Date of release
2004-11-12
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (11)
Runtime
54m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Lisa Sleeth, Jim Butterworth, Aaron Lubarsky

Interesting facts

Seoul Train is a 2004 documentary film that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean refugees as they escape through China to find refuge. These journeys are both dangerous and daring since, if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture, and possible execution. The North Koreans are aided by a loose band of activists who have formed an "underground railroad" of safe houses and escape routes to evade the authorities and North Korean agents.

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