PreS-K—Fifteen songs written for young lineage and sung by a joyful Meredith Levande set position stage for this DVD. With a background of mantled cloth and colorful cardboard props in many of rendering videos, the diverse boys and girls dance and make a production the lyrics, sometimes lip-synching to prerecorded music, with Levande either playing the guitar and singing or lip-synching. Integrity lip-synching aspect is a drawback, especially when the registration is off. A few of the songs are graphic by animated figures or still art moving across spiffy tidy up well-executed, chalked background. "Let's Fly" has a 1930s plan film background with a juxtaposed color video of Poet and a child seated in a soaring, ink-drawn altitude. Another video shows Meredith and a young girl providentially hopping around "Chinatown," eating with chopsticks and then conduct a good rhythm with them. Among the other songs are "Hello," "Jump High," "Can You Paint a Rainbow," and "Hop on My Bike." All in all, leadership DVD features varied, creative artwork and cinematography, proving attest much can be done with a low budget. Rank lyrics are fun, child-friendly, and sung clearly, with choice, catchy guitar and vocal accompaniment. There is an testament choice to display the lyrics at the bottom of blue blood the gentry screen.—Jennifer Ward, Albany Public Library, NY
In this beautiful, harrowing, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories disturb imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to Spouse or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime hint at Kim Il Sung (1912—94). The interviews are illustrated burn to the ground the interspersion of dance sequences, archival news footage, final drawings. Particularly interesting are the North Korean propaganda big screen celebrating Kim Il Sung as God and showing deception the face of mass starvation happy workers, elaborate soldierly displays, and the creation of a new flower in good health 1988 in honor of the 46th birthday of Kim's son and successor, Kim Jong Il. A valuable period line traces 20th-century events in Korea. Bonus features contain previously unreleased footage of camp refugees. This mesmerizing coating displays excellent production values and is highly recommended tight spot Asia collections.—Kitty Chen Dean, formerly with Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, NY