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A new movie follows the dangerous escape journey north koreans make to china.

Ayesha Rascoe

A new documentary uses rare footage of the escape route North Koreans take as they try to defect. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director Madeleine Gavin and defector Soyeon Lee about the journey.

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:

For North Koreans trying to flee their country, making it across the border to China is only the beginning of a torturous journey toward freedom. That journey and the motivations of North Koreans who want to defect is the subject of a new documentary called "Beyond Utopia."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BEYOND UTOPIA")

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: The Chinese government has a hard-line policy of if they find North Korean refugees, arresting them and detaining them and then forcibly sending them back to North Korea, where they will face investigation, torture and a range of harsh punishments.

RASCOE: The film uses hidden camera footage of actual North Koreans as they flee their country to illustrate an escape route that very few people have ever seen before. It depicts the risks people face after crossing into China and the danger of being sent back to North Korea. Soyeon Lee is a North Korean defector. She's featured in the film. She's joined by translator Sunny Parker. Welcome to you both.

SUNNY PARKER: Thank you.

SOYEON LEE: Thank you.

RASCOE: I'm also joined by the film's director, Madeleine Gavin. Thank you so much for joining me.

MADELEINE GAVIN: Thank you so much for having us.

RASCOE: Soyeon, I want to start with you. You escaped from North Korea several years ago. Can you talk to us about what that journey was like for you?

LEE: (Speaking Korean).

PARKER: "So I used to be North Korean army when I was in North Korea, but even I worked as an army, I could - with the salary, I could buy only three candies per month. And after that, when I had my kid, it was really hard to feed him, like, three meals per day. To survive, I had to left North Korea. And in order to escape from North Korea, I have to cross the Tumen River. When I just got to China, then I got captured, and I was sent back to North Korea right away. And I stayed in jail for two years because I tried to escape."

RASCOE: So, Soyeon, then after she got out of prison, could no longer have contact with her family. And so then she ran again. And this time, she defected for good. And, Madeleine, you know, you talk about Soyeon's incredible - her journey that she went through. And then you also have footage of a family defecting and trying to get out of North Korea and the journey that they have to go through. Can you talk about how you got that on tape and, like, what that filming process was like?

GAVIN: Really, this all happened because of my relationship with a man named Pastor Kim, who's a South Korean pastor and really one of the key members of the underground railroad that takes people through China into Southeast Asia and ultimately to a friendly country. And it was really when I, you know, started to make this film - the reason that I wanted to make it was because I discovered that we really don't hear about the 26 million people who live inside North Korea. We really haven't heard their voices or their stories. And so when I met Pastor Kim, you know, he and I discovered that we really were interested in making the same sort of film. And it was really through him and his network that we were able to, you know, shoot in places literally on the border of North Korea and China, places that nobody ever shoots and nobody ever really wants to go. It was all because of his underground network and his connections.

RASCOE: So, Soyeon, you are - in the documentary, you are talking about trying to to get your son safely across the border. Your son is caught, and then you're later told it will be impossible for him to try and cross again. As a mother, I can only - I can't imagine what you are going through. How are you doing now? And, like, are you in contact with anyone in North Korea about your son?

PARKER: "So after my son capture, I try everything I could possible to find the news about my son. But nothing went well. But finally, I found out that my son is in the political prison camp. He is alive, even he's in the situation in that he has to be constantly hungry, doesn't have clothes to wear and cold situation. But important thing is that I found out he is still alive."

RASCOE: Soyeon, is there anything that you want the world to know about your son, and about what this regime has done to your family?

PARKER: "People in North Korea - they suffering without shelter, food, clothing because of the dictator. And that land is like hell. And secondly, I want people to remember the political prison camp almost equivalent or worse than the Nazi prison camp. Please remember those North Korean people suffering inside North Korea."

RASCOE: So, Madeleine, how has the path to escape changed for North Koreans since the pandemic and since your documentary was filmed?

GAVIN: Yeah, so we started following these stories right before the pandemic. And these are - you know, the Ro family is one of the last known defections out of North Korea because during the pandemic, the border between China and North Korea was completely shut down and China was, as a country, completely shut down and paralyzed. So nobody could move through China. We actually filmed, as well, during the pandemic. We were in South Korea when the borders shut down. When Pastor Kim is getting phone calls in the film with people desperate to get out of North Korea after the pandemic had started and when China was shut down, we were there. I was filming one of those cameras with him.

In terms of now, I mean, the entire underground railroad network was just decimated during the pandemic because part of that network is made up of brokers who are doing it for money. And obviously, with China being paralyzed, they weren't going to make a living that way. So they all scattered and started doing other things. The other part of the underground railroad is people doing it for the cause, people who are involved with the mission of helping people to escape. And they also turned their attentions elsewhere. So over the last probably nine or so months, Pastor Kim and the underground railroad has been trying to rebuild that network and rebuild routes. And actually, Pastor Kim - a couple of months ago this summer, he actually helped the first people escape since our film. And that was four people who he helped get out. So the routes are being rebuilt, but it's a slow process. But the good news is that Pastor Kim is starting to help people again.

RASCOE: Madeleine Gavin is the director of the new documentary "Beyond Utopia," which is out this week. She was joined by North Korean defector Soyeon Lee and translator Sunny Parker. Thank you all so very much.

GAVIN: Thank you.

LEE: Thank you.

PARKER: Thank you.

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Nat geo’s incredible animal journeys teases dangerous river crossing narrated by jeremy renner.

Exclusive: Screen Rant presents a clip from National Geographic’s Incredible Animal Journeys in which zebra attempt to cross a crocodile-filled river.

National Geographic's Incredible Animal Journeys takes viewers on amazing and dangerous journeys undertaken by creatures worldwide.
The narration for the series is provided by Jeremy Renner, who is known for his role as Hawkeye.
Incredible Animal Journeys showcases the remarkable feats of animals across different biomes and continents, highlighting their survival instincts.

National Geographic’s Incredible Animal Journeys dives into the dangerous and amazing journeys taken by creatures all over the globe. The series explores the massive undertakings attempted by humpback whales, dung beetles, monarch butterflies, and more, across diverse biomes and even spanning continents. Part of what sets Incredible Animal Journeys apart from the best nature documentaries is the series’ narration, which was done by Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner. Incredible Animal Journeys marks Renner’s first time narrating a nature documentary series.

Of course, the natural world is a dangerous place, especially for creatures that aren’t at the top of the food chain. Screen Rant is happy to present a clip from Incredible Animal Journeys , seen above, that showcases the start of a treacherous journey for wildebeest and zebra across crocodile-infested water. Get ready to watch Incredible Animal Journeys when the series premieres November 19th on National Geographic.

Incredible Animal Journeys Helps Prove 2023 Is A Great Year For Nature Documentaries

Incredible Animal Journeys is the latest in a strong string of documentary content across all the biggest streaming platforms. Earlier in 2023, Netflix released Our Planet II , a follow-up to the hit 2020 series, and later dropped the highly ambitious Life on Our Planet . Apple TV followed up its fascinating Prehistoric Planet show with Prehistoric Planet season 2 , bringing dinosaurs to life through new science and realistic behavior.

Throughout 2023, National Geographic has also continued to release top-tier work exploring the most exotic creatures and locations on planet Earth. The National Geographic Explorer series has brought teams to island volcanos and frozen crossings in the planet’s most inhospitable biomes. What’s exciting is that while National Geographic’s Explorer series has detailed the difficulty for humans in reaching such places in the name of science, Incredible Animal Journeys puts on display the unbelievable feats accomplished by animals simply in the name of survival.

Incredible Animal Journeys premieres November 19th on National Geographic.

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A record 400k migrants have crossed the treacherous darién jungle to reach the u.s..

Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.

Hundreds of people sleep in tents each day outside Bajo Chiquito, the first village that migrants encounter in Panama after making the grueling trek across the Darién jungle.

BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama — Bajo Chiquito is a small Indigenous village built along a river. It's the first place that U.S.-bound migrants reach in Panama, after making the hazardous trek across the Darién jungle.

Here hundreds of people stand in long lines under the blazing sun, as they wait to register with Panamanian immigration officers who enter everyone's names on computers.

The migrants are exhausted and dehydrated after walking across the rainforest for several days. But the officers in Bajo Chiquito only have three laptops to process the large crowds. And while almost everyone here is allowed into Panama for a few days, many complain about the wait.

"This is horrible," said Valeria Aponte, a Venezuelan migrant who had been in line for two days. Like most people here, she had no intention of staying in Panama. She was headed to the United States. "There are no numbers, or anything, and if we leave the line we will lose our spot," Aponte said, while crouching on the ground because she was exhausted from standing.

The Darién Gap , the treacherous stretch of roadless jungle that stands between South America and Central America, is once again experiencing a rise in the number of crossings.

Despite a U.S.-backed deal with Colombia and Panama to " end the illicit movement " along this route, numbers of migrants traversing the jungle's trails have spiked to an all-time high. In the first nine months of this year, 400,000 migrants have crossed the Darién on their way to the United States, Panamanian officials recently said, a sharp increase from the nearly 250,000 people who made the journey in all of 2022.

A group of migrants trudges across the Turquesa River in Panama, as they approach the village of Bajo Chiquito. The trek across the jungle can take anywhere from three to seven days, depending on the weather and the route they take.

The large number of crossings has created a humanitarian crisis that governments in the region are struggling to cope with. Panama has described the situation as a threat to its national security. And farther to the north, neighboring Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency as thousands of migrants in poor health and without money get stranded in its border towns.

About a quarter of those making the journey are children, according to UNICEF. And criminals often rob migrants at gunpoint along the way.

Doctors Without Borders , a group that is assisting migrants as they emerge from the jungle, says that in the first six months of this year it treated 216 women and girls who were sexually assaulted on the route. Meanwhile, Panamanian health workers say they are overwhelmed with the arrivals.

"I've treated pregnant women who are bleeding because they lost their babies on the route," said Ariel Garibaldi, a doctor who runs Bajo Chiquito's small public clinic. It consists of two rooms and a patio that serves as a waiting area. "There are also many people with stomach illnesses who have really bad cramps, and even folks who have been attacked by African bees."

He added that some people have fainted while waiting in line to get registered by Panamanian officials, due to the dehydration and extreme heat.

"It can be very tough on some days, because we run out of medicines" like painkillers and antibiotics, he said.

It can take anywhere from three days to a week to cross the Darién Gap. Last year, at least 140 people perished along the way, according to the International Organization for Migration — with some drowning as they camped along rivers that can swell at night.

Dr. Ariel Garibaldi speaks with a patient at Bajo Chiquito's small public clinic, on Sept. 16. The clinic consists of two rooms and a patio that serves as a waiting area.

But thousands of migrants from South America, Africa and Asia are making the dangerous journey, as they try to escape poverty and violence in their home countries, or seek a better quality of life.

Delvis Davila, a welder from Venezuela, said he had been living in Chile for four years, but could barely cover food and rent with his salary, while sending about $100 a month to his daughters, who are residing in Colombia. So after returning to Venezuela for a few months, he set out on the long, overland journey to the United States.

"In the United States your work bears more fruits," said Davila, who is 36. He said it took four days to make the trek with a group of friends, after paying guides $250 per person on the Colombian side of the Darién to lead them to the Panamanian border.

He saw eight corpses of migrants along the way. "I don't wish this journey upon anyone," Davila said.

Venezuelans make up about 55% of the migrants who have crossed the Darién jungle this year, followed by Ecuadorians and Haitians, according to Panama's National Immigration Department . Many of the Venezuelans who are making the journey are on the move for the second or third time, after struggling to rebuild their lives in other South American countries.

"With my wife we had bought equipment to start a business," said Douglas Muñoz, a Venezuelan migrant who had been living in Ecuador for three years. "But then the economy slowed down and gangs began to ask for extortion payments. It was becoming just as bad as Venezuela."

Migrants help to push a small motor boat past a shallow stretch of the Turquesa River, on Sept. 16. The boats take migrants from Bajo Chiquito to a government-run camp.

Some human rights workers say that the policies of the U.S. and Mexico are increasingly forcing migrants into this route.

Juan Pappier, the Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch, said that previously, Venezuelans and Ecuadorians who sought asylum in the United States, would take flights to Mexico, from where they would head to the U.S. border on buses.

That changed last year, when Mexico began to ask citizens of these countries for visas that are difficult for most migrants and asylum-seekers to get, a policy change that was made under pressure from the Biden administration.

"The migrants who took planes to Mexico to seek asylum in the United States are now forced or pushed to cross through this very dangerous jungle," Pappier said.

According to Panama's National Immigration Department, 130,000 people — mostly Cubans and Haitians — crossed the Darién in 2021. The number of crossings jumped to 248,000 in 2022 , after it became harder for Venezuelans and Ecuadorians to skip the Darién jungle by taking flights to Mexico.

Pappier said that if safer routes are not found for migrants and refugees from South America, the number of people crossing the Darién will continue to rise.

"The situation in Venezuela continues to be dire. The situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate day by day. And the violence and crime in Ecuador is forcing many people to leave that country," Pappier said.

The Biden administration has tried to divert migrants away from the Darién jungle by opening three offices in Colombia in June, known as regional processing centers, where asylum-seekers from Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti can apply for permits that will enable them to fly to the U.S.

But the process to get appointments at these centers is slow. The program's website in Colombia stopped receiving applications for appointments in August after 29,000 people applied. According to data published by the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, 411 people from Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti, were admitted into to the U.S. as refugees in July and August.

Migrants who recently crossed the Darién Gap form long lines to get transit permits from Panamanian immigration officers at the village of Bajo Chiquito, on Sept. 16.

Meanwhile, around 2,000 people continue to pass through the village of Bajo Chiquito each day. After they register with officials, they catch small boats that take them to Lajas Blancas, a camp run by Panama's government. There, they line up for hours for buses that take them toward the border with Costa Rica, the next country on the long road to the United States.

"We have to do our best for our families," said Davila. "I can't spend the rest of my life working for almost nothing."

Transcript :

A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:

The Darien Gap is a treacherous stretch of jungle that bridges South and Central America. And despite a U.S.-backed deal with Colombia and Panama to end the illicit movement of people along this route, crossings have spiked to an all-time high. Reporter Manuel Rueda recently visited the northern edge of the Darien in Panama, where he spoke with some of those who have made the journey.

MANUEL RUEDA: Bajo Chiquito is a small Indigenous village built along a river. It's the first place migrants arrive at after making the hazardous trek across the Darien jungle. Here, hundreds of people stand in long lines under the blazing sun as they wait to register with Panamanian officers who give them transit permits.

VALERIA APONTE: (Speaking Spanish).

RUEDA: "This is horrible," says Valeria Aponte, a Venezuelan migrant who had been in line for two days. "There are no numbers or anything. And if we leave, we'll lose our spot." While some wait in line, others are nursing their injuries. Delvis Davila has a swollen ankle and limps along with the support of a stick he found in the jungle.

DELVIS DAVILA: (Speaking Spanish).

RUEDA: "I don't wish this journey upon anyone," he says. "I saw the bodies of about eight people who had drowned crossing rivers." It can take anywhere from three days to a week to make the trek across the Darien jungle, depending on the weather. Many people are robbed along the way and others get sick.

ARIEL GARIBALDI: (Speaking Spanish).

RUEDA: Dr. Ariel Garibaldi oversees the clinic in Bajo Chiquito, which consists of two rooms and a patio that serves as a waiting area.

GARIBALDI: (Speaking Spanish).

RUEDA: "I've treated pregnant women who are bleeding because they lost their babies," he says. "There are also many people with stomach illnesses who have really bad cramps, and even folks who have been attacked by African bees."

(CROSSTALK)

RUEDA: Despite these risks, the number of people who are crossing the Darien has hit a record high this year. According to Panamanian officials, more than 400,000 people have trekked across the jungle on their way to the United States so far, nearly 85,000 in August alone.

(SOUNDBITE OF ANIMAL SQUEAKING)

RUEDA: Many are Venezuelans who are on the move for the second time after struggling to rebuild their lives in other South American countries. Douglas Munoz says he had been living in Ecuador for three years.

DOUGLAS MUNOZ: (Speaking Spanish).

RUEDA: "With my wife, we had bought equipment to start a business," he tells me. "But then the economy slowed down and gangs began to ask for extortion payments. It was becoming just as bad as Venezuela." Officials in Panama say that the transit of people across the Darien has become increasingly sophisticated. Reinel Serrano is a brigade commander for SENAFRONT, Panama's border police. Outside his base, he showed me four pickup trucks that were confiscated from smugglers who were charging Chinese migrants $1,200 each to take them across a VIP route that involves less walking.

REINEL SERRANO: (Speaking Spanish).

RUEDA: "They're benefiting from people's desire to look for a better life," he says. "We cannot allow this." Some say that the policies of the U.S. and Mexico are increasingly forcing migrants into this route. Juan Pappier is the Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch.

JUAN PAPPIER: The number of people crossing the Darien gap used to be much lower. But then Mexico imposed visa requirements on Venezuelans and Ecuadorians, amongst others. This was apparently a decision pressed by the Biden administration and the United States. And this meant that the migrants who used to take planes to Mexico to seek asylum in the United States are now forced or pushed to cross through this very dangerous jungle.

RUEDA: Pappier says that if safer alternatives are not found, the number of people crossing the Darien jungle will continue to rise.

PAPPIER: The situation in Venezuela continues to be dire. The situation in Haiti is deteriorating day by day. And the violence and crime in Ecuador is forcing many people to leave their country.

RUEDA: The Biden administration has tried to divert migrants away from the Darien jungle by opening three offices in Colombia, where asylum-seekers can apply for permits that will enable them to fly to the U.S. But only 3,600 applications have been approved since June.

RUEDA: Meanwhile, hundreds of people continue to pass through the village of Bajo Chiquito each day. After they register with officials, they catch small boats that take them on the next leg of the journey to the United States.

DAVILA: (Speaking Spanish).

RUEDA: "We have to do our best for our families," says Venezuelan migrant Delvis Davila. "I can't spend the rest of my life working for almost nothing."

For NPR News, I'm Manuel Rueda in Bajo Chiquito, Panama.

(SOUNDBITE OF GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA'S "DE USHUAIA A LA QUIACA") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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Dangerous Journey

Dangerous Journey is that beautifully illustrated adventure story that shows children the basic themes of the Christian life and pilgrimage.

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Every child should be introduced to Bunyan's classic — The Pilgrim's Progress . Dangerous Journey is that beautifully illustrated adventure story that shows children the basic themes of the Christian life and pilgrimage. The colorful characters and gripping situations make a vital and lasting impression. Use at home and in Bible school, children’s church, and Sunday school classes. Includes leader's guide/Scripture reference guide. Recommended for ages 8 and up. Fullscreen.

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Baptist bulletin, oct. 2005.

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan became history's all-time best seller next to the Bible itself. Now we can be blessed by the story through this film version, based on Bunyan's classic. Although especially suited for children ages six and older, the recording can also be enjoyable and effective for adults. Both the graphics and narration are excellent. The 135-minute recording is divided into nine 15-minute segments, enabling the user to either view the whole story at once or use shorter sections as a series over a period of time, such as in a class setting. The recording comes with a leader's guide for parents and teachers and tells about John Bunyan and The Pilgrim's Progress. Then it summarizes each of the nine sections individually, with information on the main characters and major settings. Each section also includes a Scripture guide and a discussion guide. A hardback 126-page full-color storybook is also available from Vision Video.

Video Librarian, Nov./Dec. 2005

Dangerous Journey is an adaptation of John Bunyan's 17th-century classic The Pilgrim's Progress in an illustrated format designed for the religious education of youthful audiences. Told as a dream, it relates the story of Christian, who abandons home and family to flee from sin and destruction and travel the straight and narrow to the Celestial City. Along the way he encounters allegorical figures such as Faithful, Evangelist, and Hopeful, as well as Ignorance, the giant Despair, and the monster Apollyon, as he confronts a series of hardships and tests before arriving at his destination. Divided into nine segments (with recaps and previews, allowing for group discussion), Dangerous Journey nicely captures Bunyan's extremely visual writing style, with Alan Parry's enchanting illustrations backed by Paul Copley's beautiful narration, bringing fresh appeal to a classic that is admittedly difficult for modern audiences. Despite the caveat on the DVD jacket that the content might not be appropriate for very young children, I would advise parental discretion for those under 10, due to vivid portrayals of hellfire and grisly death that might no be palatable to all Christians (though kids who play video games such as Doom are likely to consider this pretty tame). As a seminal work of English literature, this is actually more appropriate for general collections, than for young people's religious studies. Highly recommended.

School LIbrary Journal

Dangerous Journey is based on John Bunyan's 1676 classic, The Pilgrim's Progress, an allegory of the Christian's road to heaven. The story is divided into nine 15-minute segments taken from the main event in the original book. The video is animated with watercolor and ink paintings, and set in pastoral 1600 England with the characters in period dress. A male narrator varies his voice for each character, and dramatic symphonic music fills the background. This introduction to the basic themes of the Christian life and pilgrimage for young children is suitable for church and Sunday school classes as well as for home use.

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Gretchen - a great & dangerous journey.

We used this DVD as a movie night for nine different sessions in our Awana Club! The girls loved the movie and the discussions. I was unsure in the beginning but they seemed to be just as captivated by the narrator and the animation of the story. Were able to use their imaginations further and really get into the journey that Christian made to the Celestial City.

Caroline Hernasy - Captivating

My boys, ages six and eight truly love this book and they loved watching the video too. I read one chapter a day and they always plead with me to read the next chapter. But I don't because it keeps them interested for the next day. We use the study guide but I don't read the overview to them. To me that would tell most of the story before I read it. At first the content and pictures may seem scary, and to a degree they are, but my children experience the relief when a good man guides Christian or when Evangelist shows up. And that is the difference I want them to recognize. One of the best books and video we own.

Homeschooling6 - Children Enjoyed This

All six of my children really enjoy this movie and the book. Even my 5 year old will ask me to read the book to him over again. Blessings, Linda www.homeschooling6.com

Steve - Dangerous Journey Saved My Life

I watched this video several years ago, when I was quite depressed and had considered suicide. After encountering the part of the video where Christian escaped from Doubting Castle, after battling against suicide himself, at the Giant's suggestion, I realized where those thoughts were coming from in me. I too had a key of promise that released from my dungeon as certainly as it did Christian and Hopeful. I watch it every six months or so (more often when things are going ill with me) to keep me on the high road to Zion. Thanks for publishing such a life saver as Dangerous Journey.

Katherine Kenaston - Dangerous Journey

This is the best film of Pilgrim's Progress that I have ever seen. Though it's not animated the detail of the art and expertise of the camera throughout the filming render it breathtaking. I grew up with it and it captivates young and old alike. We liked it better than the animated one! Now I am getting it for my kids. I would give it 5 stars no questions.

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