North Korea Ice Hockey Documentary

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North korea ice hockey documentary. North korea men s national team made their international debut in 1974 while the women and junior teams made their debuts in 1999 1988. Hey matt thanks so much for talking with us. Ice hockey in north korea is governed by the ice hockey association of the dpr korea. After nearly a year of discussions with multiple north korean organizations and ministries including two scouting trips to pyongyang our vancouver based team travelled to north korea in november for our first on location shoot.

This documentary provides unique insights on everyday life in the east asian country which most. Journey in 2016 five canadian filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to the north korean ice hockey association. He s making it with an organization called inertia network. North korea has been a member of the international ice hockey federation since 1963.

Welcome to the national the. Matt reichel he is making a documentary film about ice hockey in north korea. How a group of canadian filmmakers gained unprecedented access to the north korean national men s hockey team and what they learned about the secretive country. Over the past year a canadian film crew has been shadowing two men s hockey teams in north korea for a documentary.

Courtesy lee min ji one of the biggest stories from the 2018 pyeongchang winter olympics was the integration of players from north and south korea and the creation of the unified korean women s. The 94 minute film by vancouver based director nigel edwards incorporates footage from three visits to pyongyang the capital of the democratic people s republic of korea colloquially known as north korea in 2016 2017 and 2018. Closing the gap one of the more peculiar things and there are a lot of them about nigel edward s documentary closing the.