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Key Features:
Documentary, North Korea, Propaganda, Political intrigue, Information warfare, Geopolitics, Media manipulation, Cold War, Ideology
Tone:
serious, suspense-driven, cynical
Target Audience:
Documentary viewers, Political science enthusiasts, International relations students
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Anxiety

The Propaganda Game

2015-10-03
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North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.

Genres
Documentary
Cast
Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il, Kim Il-sung, Barack Obama, Harry S. Truman, Alejandro Cao de Benós
Crew
Álvaro Longoria, Álvaro Longoria
Rating
7(145 votes)
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Man of Marble
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Operation Chromite
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Control Room
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Carter
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Risk
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Clandestine Childhood

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The Fifth Estate
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5.4

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Inside Men
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The Coldest Game
6.205

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Farewell(2009)
6.5

An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.



The Quietude
6.1

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The Panama Papers
6.683

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Bitter Lake
7.6

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7.656

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Patriot Games
6.7

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Pacto de Fuga
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6.9

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The Coast Guard
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The Atomic Cafe
7.3

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7.413

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A Widow's Game
6.3

When a man is found dead, the investigation shatters his widow's perfect facade and exposes a hidden double life in this thriller based on real events.



Norte, The End of History

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The Suspect
6.9

Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.



Genocidal Organ
6.64

The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious American John Paul seems to be behind the collapse of the world system, and it's up to intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd to track John Paul across the wreckage of civilizations and to find the true heart of darkness—a genocidal organ.



Chuck Norris vs Communism

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