Out of Competition

SEOUL TRAIN



Jim Butterworth, Aaron Lubarsky, Lisa Sleeth

Country of production: USA
Year: 2004
Language: Korean, Mandarin Chinese, English, Polish
Mins: 54

Production company: Incite Productions
Producers: Lisa Sleeth, Jim Butterworth
Cinematography: Lisa Sleeth, Jim Butterworth, Ishimaro Jiro, Ahn Chol, Oh Young-phil, Chun Kiwon, Moon Kook-han, Beth Butterworth
Editing: Aaron Lubarsky
Sound: Zlatko Makic
Music: David Harris


Source: Incite Productions
145 N Frontage Rd. #C406,
Vail, CO 81657, USA
Tel: 917-385-1024
e-mail: info@seoultrain.com


The situation in North Korea has the potential to turn into an even more terrible humanitarian crisis. In July 2003, businessman Jim Butterworth and nurse Lisa Sleeth learned that an estimated 250,000 North Korean refugees were living underground in China after having escaped a food crisis and other persecutions that have claimed approximately three million lives during the past ten years.Their shock at both the plight of the North Koreans and the apparent apathy of international governments, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and the media, galvanized them into making a documentary although they had no previous film experience. By October of 2003, they were posing as tourists in the Koreas and China while stealthily documenting the harrowing stories of political refugees and the heroic activists helping them escape their living hell in North Korea through the “underground railroad” via China to South Korea. Essential viewing for anyone concerned with human rights.


Jim Butterworth is a producer and director of Seoul Train, founder and principal of Incite Productions, as well as a technology entrepreneur. He is one of the pioneers in the development of streaming audio and video over the Internet. Seoul Train is his debut film.

Aaron Lubarsky, director and editor of Seoul Train, is a critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker. In 2003, Aaron won the Prime Time Emmy for HBO's Journey's with George. He is also the recipient of an IDA award and a student Academy Award. His film Uncle Eugene won the Documentary Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival.

Lisa Sleeth is a producer and director of Seoul Train, founder and principal of Incite Productions, and a registered nurse specializing in high technology critical care and public health education. In addition to working in the intensive care unit at home, she has dedicatred her career to providing humanitarian assistance, having participated in medical relief efforts on five continents. Seoul Train is her debut film.

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