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2022-03-08 08:01
Vitas Mansky planned to go to North Korea to make a film that would satisfy himself, audiences around the world, and North Korean partners. He obtained the script through diplomatic channels at the North Korean embassy in Russia, and was accompanied by North Korean officials. Photographed in Pyongyang. Within days of filming, Vitas Mansky found it impossible to make the film to the satisfaction of himself, the world's audience and his North Korean collaborators. For a documentary, the script is formalized, and reality is always different from the script - he did not expect the North Korean side to force the film crew to shoot according to the script. Vitas Mansky figured out a way to keep the real material. He used two memory cards to shoot and handed over the material that might cause trouble to the North Korean side for review. He secretly saved another part of the real material and managed to bring it with him. out of North Korea
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