Corey McKinley
1) The Wall
Author
Language
English
Description
David Kinsella thought he was going to North Korea to make a documentary. The North Koreans thought that David Kinsella would let them dictate the terms of his film. Both were wrong. After the government of Kim Jong-un brought in thousands of uninvited extras to help show the country as the regime wanted it seen, Kinsella knew he had to change his strategy and began framing his shots so that animation could be added in later. Mixing his Korean footage...
2) The wall
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on true events from director David Kinsella's childhood growing up in Northern Ireland, in which the character David is told a story about Yung Hee, a young woman poet fleeing from the North Korea regime. By drawing parallels between his own childhood and the refugee's story, the film creates a "dream u menatary" showing how stories and myths build both identity and the idea of never trusting "the others".