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Two young North Korean gymnasts prepare for an unprecedented competition in this documentary that offers a rare look into the communist society and the daily lives of North Korean families. For more than eight months, film crews follow 13-year-old Pak Hyon Sun and 11-year-old Kim Song Yun and their families as the girls train for the Mass Games, a spectacular nationalist celebration.
Directed by Daniel Gordon

Daniel Gordon
Narrator

Hyon Sun Pak
herself

Song Yun Kim
Herself

Kim Jong-il
Himself (archive footage)

Kim Jong-ho
Himself - Mass Games Organizer

Hyon Sun Pak
Herself - Gymnast

Song Yun Kim
Herself - Gymnast
Step Up
2006