Street Date: 11/28/23

Winner of the 2023 Sundance U.S. Documentary Audience Award, Madeleine Gavin’s Beyond Utopia — both a real-life thriller and an eye-opening documentary — is a visceral look at the lengths people will go for freedom. Compiled with captivating, real escape footage, the film follows a family of five as they embark on a treacherous journey out of North Korea, aided by a pastor who has helped thousands flee one of the most oppressive places on Earth. Meanwhile, a mother desperately attempts to reunite with the child she was forced to leave behind. Despite the risk of imprisonment or execution, these individuals fight to be free, and come to see their former North Korean heroes as villains.
 

Genre: Documentary, Thriller, History

Rating: Rated PG-13

U.S. Release Dates: On Demand and Digital November 28, 2023

Running Time: 115 minutes

Cast: Seungeun Kim, Sunok Park, Yeongbok Woo, Jinhae Roh, Jinpyeong Roh, Yonggil Roh, Soyeon Lee

Directed by: Madeleine Gavin

Co-Producers: Daewon Choi, Janna Devinsky

Executive Producers: Sharon Chang, Michael Y. Chow, Hyeonseo Lee,
Peter Resnick, Christian Camargo

Produced by: Jana Edelbaum, p.g.a., Rachel Cohen, p.g.a., Sue Mi Terry

 

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2023
Title Copyright: © 2023 TGW7N, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Home Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 for thematic material, violent content and disturbing images
Feature Run Time: 115 Mins.
Closed-Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: English
Audio: English and Korean 5.1 Dolby Audio
Format: 16×9 (1.78:1) Presentation