Beyond Utopia: Tuesday, April 23

Admission $5
Showing at 7:30pm

Documentary, English, 1 hour 55 minutes)

Awards:

  • BAFTA Nominee, Best Documentary
  • Winner, Best Documentary at Sundance and Sydney Film Festivals>

A suspenseful, riveting portrait of the lengths people will go to gain freedom, Beyond Utopia follows various families as they attempt to flee North Korea, a land they grew up believing was a paradise. At the film’s core is a courageous pastor, a man of God on a mission to help a mother reunite with the child she was forced to leave behind, and a family of five — including small children and an elderly grandmother — embarking on a treacherous journey into the hostile mountains of China. Gripping and thrilling, Madeleine Gavin’s award-winning film embeds the viewer with these family members as they attempt their perilous escape, palpably conveying life-or-death stakes.

“Documentaries with life-or-death stakes, not to mention wider resonance in our increasingly unsettled geopolitical world, don’t get much more nerve-racking… At the same time, the film is inspiring about the lengths people will go to for a better life.” – Los Angeles Times
“A bracing and frequently jaw-dropping look at, first and foremost, the discontented people of North Korea who attempt defections doggedly.” – RogerEbert.com

Douglass Theatre

355 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Macon, Georgia 31201

Films are presented the second Sunday of each month at 2pm and 5pm, with a discussion following the 2pm show. Documentaries are quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:30pm. Tickets are $5.00 at the Douglass Theatre in downtown Macon.