A State of Mind (2005)
1h 33m
Running Time
August 10, 2005Release Date
A State of Mind (2005)
1h 33m
Running Time
August 10, 2005Release Date
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Plot.
Two young North Korean gymnasts prepare for an unprecedented competition in this documentary that offers a rare look into the communist society and the daily lives of North Korean families. For more than eight months, film crews follow 13-year-old Pak Hyon Sun and 11-year-old Kim Song Yun and their families as the girls train for the Mass Games, a spectacular nationalist celebration.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Daniel Gordon
Self - Narrator
Hyon Sun Pak
Self - Gymnast
Song Yun Kim
Self - Gymnast
Kim Jong-ho
Himself - Mass Games Organizer
Kim Jong-il
Self - Supreme Leader, North Korea
Barnaby Taylor
Composer
Nick Bennett
Cinematographer
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Wiki.
A State of Mind is a 2004 documentary film directed by Daniel Gordon and produced by Nicholas Bonner. It follows two North Korean child gymnasts and their families for over eight months during training for the 2003 Pyongyang mass games. The film won two awards at the North Korean Pyongyang International Film Festival in 2004 and was shown at 11 other film festivals worldwide before being released in a theatrical run in 2005.
UK-based dance band Faithless used clips from the documentary for the video to the single "I Want More."