主演：AhnChol/JoeLayburn/AnnaRoberaaa
导演：CarlaGarapedian
语言：英语
地区:英国
编剧：CarlaGarapedian
类型：纪录片
上映时间：2001-03-29
别名：神秘國度中的兒童
用户标签：纪录片,朝鲜,北朝鲜,Korea,纪实,孩子,英国,2000
片长：45分鐘
imdb编号：tt0328952
NorthKorea,acountryof22million.Upto3millionofits’peoplehavestarvedtodeathinthelast10years.Morethan40%ofNorthKoreanchildrennowsufferfromchronicmalnutrition.ChildrenoftheSecretStateisaninvestigationintoNorthKorea,consideredbymanyasthelastStalinistdictatorship,ahiddenandsealedcountryriddledwithpropagandaandsaturatedwithhostilitytodemocracyandtheWest.JoeLayburnandtheHardcashteamdiscoveredayoungNorthKorean,knownbythepseudonymAhnChol,whohasbeenfilmingundercoversothattheworldcanseewhatisgoingoninhisnativeland:thecountrywherehisparentsbothstarvedtodeath.
Hisdevastatingfootageshowssomeoftheestimated200,000streetchildren,mainlyorphans,foragingforfoodinthemudandthegutters,ignoredbytheadultsaroundthemandignoredbythestatewhichclaimstheyareatitsbosom.