Wide Angle: Crossing Heaven’s Border

Here’s a quick preview of "Crossing Heaven’s Border," the season premier of Wide Angle‘s first televised episode of the season, which airs on PBS tonight in the United States. You can learn more about this episode here or view more content from Wide Angle on Passport here: North Korean defectors take a life-threatening journey traveling ...

Here's a quick preview of "Crossing Heaven's Border," the season premier of Wide Angle's first televised episode of the season, which airs on PBS tonight in the United States. You can learn more about this episode here or view more content from Wide Angle on Passport here:

Here’s a quick preview of "Crossing Heaven’s Border," the season premier of Wide Angle‘s first televised episode of the season, which airs on PBS tonight in the United States. You can learn more about this episode here or view more content from Wide Angle on Passport here:

North Korean defectors take a life-threatening journey traveling thousands of miles through China, Laos and Thailand, in the hope of settling as free citizens in South Korea. Intrepid South Korean journalists risk their own lives to capture the action and emotion.

 

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