Liberation Day

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Liberation Day

2016

1h 40m

Documentary

Musical

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9 Reviews

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Norwegian artist Morten Traavik presents North Korea's first rock concert in 2015 and is joined onstage by Slovenian cult band Laibach.

Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

There's a subtly meaningful power to what the film actually does: witnessing the awkwardness that ensues when the creatively free try to communicate with people who lack the context to understand unfettered expression.

Oct 26, 2017

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

There's even too little of Laibach's music, which in this performance is, by necessity, somewhat restrained.

Oct 18, 2017

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

[Its] withholding, intended to maintain Laibach's mystique, contravenes the ostensible documentary function of the movie.

Oct 18, 2017

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Vladan Petkovic

Cineuropa

An immensely engaging, smoothly edited (with clear music-video influences) and highly polished account of an event that became historical simply due to the fact that it took place.

Sep 2, 2020

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Eric Monder

Film Journal International

If you like weirdness for weirdness's sake, you will appreciate all these colorful, unlikely efforts to exhibit East meeting West.

Oct 18, 2017

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James Hennessy

4:3

Whatever labyrinthine justifications stand behind it, Liberation Day is the kind of film that might never be made again, so I can safely say that you'll never see anything quite like it.

Rated: Recommended

Jul 24, 2017

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Audience Member

Very explicit but very important message on the sex culture we are dealing with today.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

If you are going to see one film about a Slovenian rock band that travels to North Korea to perform a public concert this year, make it this one. We weren't sure what to expect when our podcast screened this film on the festival circuit. It's a very amusing movie for being in such a dire location.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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"Seems like people are much happier there"

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Synopsis

Norwegian artist Morten Traavik presents North Korea's first rock concert in 2015 and is joined onstage by Slovenian cult band Laibach.

Director: Morten Traavik, Ugis Olte
Producer: Uldis Cekulis
Screenwriter: Morten Traavik
Production Co: VFS Films, Traavik
Genre: Documentary, Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2018
Runtime: 1h 40m