Synopsis:

After the 2002 RTS award-winning documentary Game of Their Lives , VeryMuchSo productions were granted permission from the North Korean film authorities to make a second documentary in what is one of the world's least known societies. This observational film follows two young gymnasts and their families for over eight months in the lead up to the Mass Games, which involves thousands of participants in a choreographed socialist realism spectacular, perhaps the biggest and most elaborate human performance worldwide. The film unravels some of the cultural meanings behind this epic celebration and places this country's current political status as a "rogue nation" in perspective with some of its most important historical moments.