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    FTT Talks Presents: Nicholas Bonner, Co-Producer of 'Crossing the Line'

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    Presented by University of Notre Dame-Film, Television, Theatre at Eck Visitors' Center

    November 5, 2008

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    Film producer, Nicholas Bonner, is British and resides in Beijing, China. He has produced three documentary films on North Korea, Crossing the Line (2006), A State of Mind (2004), and The Game of Their Lives (2002). Since 1993, he has been in the forefront of organizing cultural events between North Korea and the West. Crossing the Line: In 1962, Joseph Dresnok, a U.S soldier stationed in South Korea at the 38th Parallel, the Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean peninsula, deserted his unit and defected to North Korea. At the height of the Cold War, it was unthinkable for an American soldier to voluntarily reject Western democracy and cross the most heavily fortified border on earth to join the Communist side. Once in North Korea, Dresnok became a coveted movie star playing the role of an evil America known affectionately as "Comrade Joe." After 45 years of obscurity, Dresnok's provides a first-person account of his life in North Korea along with tales of the other three American soldiers who also did the unthinkable—giving up on the American Dream and voluntarily joining the Communist revolution in North Korea. There will be a question & answer session plus a dessert reception following the screening!


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        Eck Visitors' Center

        University of Notre Dame
        111 Eck Visitors' Center
        South Bend, IN 46556

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        Tickets: Free and open to the public No tickets necessary.

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        November 5, 2008

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        7:00 p.m.

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