North Korean Cinema: A History

by Johannes Schnherr and Johannes Schönherr

Like many ideological dictatorships of the twentieth century, North Korea has always considered cinema an indispensible propaganda tool. No other medium penetrated the whole of the population so thoroughly, and no other medium remained so strictly and exclusively under state control. Through movies, the two successive leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il propagandized their policies and sought to rally the masses behind them, with great success...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786465263
• ISBN13: 9780786465262
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher