{"isbn":9781350912144,"description":"Across Land, Across Sea\n Songgook and Sueryun are a newly wed North Korean couple now living in the south. As is the case for an estimated 20 000 defectors who have built or are trying to build a new life in South Korea, they are attempting to secure their entire family's freedom by arranging their defection along with them to the South. This phenomenon has been coined \"chain of escapes\". The Songgook couple's family members have contacted them to seek assistance to escape the North. Songgook puts his life at risk, making a dangerous trek to the Tumen River, a border zone between China and North Korea. He makes plans to lead a daring escape: to smuggle his family into the South by boat. Because of the extreme danger associated with this journey, this kind of attempt is very rare. And this is the first ever to be filmed. A film by Harkjoon Lee, Dongkyun Ko and Hein S. Seok Commentary: JonatHan Storey. Language - Korean & English Subtitles: English","videoId":6311366738112,"episode":1,"subscription":"bvl_historyculture","title":"Across Land, Across Sea","xml_source":"bvl_historyculture_video-vra.xml","facets":"asianGeography , Asian geography , asianPolitics , Asian politics , documentaryFilm , Documentary film , communism , Communism , nationalism , Nationalism , landAndTheLandscape , Land and the landscape , crimePunishmentAndJustice , Crime, punishment and justice , discrimination , Discrimination , socialChange , Social change , _19401949 , 1940\u20131949 , _19501959 , 1950\u20131959 , _19601969 , 1960\u20131969 , _19701979 , 1970\u20131979 , _19801989 , 1980\u20131989 , _19901999 , 1990\u20131999 , _20002009 , 2000\u20132009 , made_20102019 , 2010\u20132019 , english , English , korean , Korean , northKorea , North Korea , southKorea , South Korea , origin_northKorea , North Korea , origin_southKorea , South Korea , video , Video , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , _19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , origin_asia , Asia , asianStudies , Asian Studies , asia , Asia , scienceTechnologyAndNature , Science, technology, and nature , _2000Present , 2000\u2013present , politicsAndPoliticalIdeologies , Politics and Political Ideologies , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present ,","contenttypeorder":3,"productname":"bvl_all","contentType":"video","identifier":"IC-Crossing1_6311366738112","browse_author":"Dongkyun Ko (Director), Harkjoon Lee (Director), Hein S. Seok (Director), Quartier Latin Media (ICTV) (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video)), Dongkyun Ko (Screenplay by), Harkjoon Lee (Screenplay by) and Hein S. Seok (Screenplay by)","subscription_list":["bvl_historyculture"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","browse_search":"IC-Crossing1","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/jit/4171818645001/c3ed7e9e-4fea-404f-80da-7f8feea5e6bf/main/1280x720/26m3s541ms/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_crossingTheLine","series":"Crossing the Line","date_of_publication":2011,"territorial":"KR","publisher":"Quartier Latin Media (ICTV)","id_search":"IC-Crossing1","facet":["_19001999","_19401949","_19501959","_19601969","_19701979","_19801989","_19901999","_20002009","_2000Present","asia","asianGeography","asianPolitics","asianStudies","communism","crimePunishmentAndJustice","discrimination","documentaryFilm","english","filmAndCinema","korean","landAndTheLandscape","made_2000Present","made_20102019","nationalism","northKorea","origin_asia","origin_northKorea","origin_southKorea","politicsAndPoliticalIdeologies","scienceTechnologyAndNature","socialChange","societyAndSocietalIssues","southKorea","video"],"authors":"Dongkyun Ko~Harkjoon Lee~Hein S. Seok~Quartier Latin Media (ICTV)~Dongkyun Ko~Harkjoon Lee~Hein S. Seok"}