Crossing The Line (Documentary)

The film is about a former U.S. Army soldier, James J. Dresnok, who defected to North Korea on 15 August 1962. The documentary shows Dresnok in present-day in Pyongyang (where he lived until his death), interacting with his North Korean family and friends. Dresnok speaks exclusively to the filmmakers about his childhood, his desertion, his life in North Korea, his fellow defectors, and his wife and children. The documentary also features the court marshal trial of Charles Robert Jenkins and information about Dresnok's work in the 1978 North Korean film Unsung Heroes. The film presents information about multiple American defectors to North Korea, but focuses primarily on Dresnok.