https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/movies/assassins-review.html A new documentary explores what led to the ambush at the Kuala Lumpur airport and what happened to the two women after. KELLY: That - that is where the story starts to get strange. "[8], "Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama", "Magnolia Buys North Korean Murder Documentary 'Assassins, "How Award-Winning Filmmakers Make Dangerous Documentaries That No Major Distributor Will Touch", "Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Sundance Documentary 'Assassins, "Exclusive 'Assassins' Trailer: Documentary Examines Murder of Kim Jong-un's Half-Brother Kim Jong-nam", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Assassins_(2020_film)&oldid=997965254, Documentary films about nuclear war and weapons, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 January 2021, at 02:53. sign up for our mailing list. We feel that Siti's and Doan's lawyers don't get enough credit for how brave what they're doing actually is. Siti is represented by 'The Gooi & Azura' law firm. Her hands are bound behind her and she's feeling so much emotion and that's how she expressing it, with these hands that she can't move as she walks into a courtroom where she listens to a trial that's not in her native tongue and faces the death penalty. And one day the elevator isn't there on time so the women have to wait a second and the camera is able to get this single shot of Doan clenching her fists with her handcuffs on. Ryan White, welcome. A masterful investigation that offers an unprecedented look at the real story of Kim Jong-nam's murder, "Assassins" is the wildly improbable tale of a calculating dictator, a nefarious plot, a very public murder, and two women fighting for their lives. A wild and unbelievable true story comes to life in Ryan White's excellent doc "Assassins." And there's going to be no answer. Also Read: Magnolia Snags Ryan White's Doc 'Assassins' About Kim Jong-nam Murder The Malaysian government scoffed, arrested and imprisoned the women and … Ryan White’s “Assassins” tells an unbelievable story regarding the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, half brother to North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un. Assassins, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, will premiere in theaters on December 11th and will be available for on-demand … Ryan White is the director of "Assassins." Ryan White's documentary Assassins examines the two women who killed Kim Jong-un's brother, and the web of deceptions that got them to do it. 'The Vietnam Bar Association' ended up hiring a team to represent her, three different lawyers in two different firms. Every time we follow the women at trial, day in and day out, the women are immediately escorted onto the elevator and up to the courtroom. Anna Fifield, who's the Beijing bureau chief of 'The Washington Post', published a book last year called 'The Great Successor', which is an amazing account of Kim Jong-un. A woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother. Assassins questions every angle of this murder case, from human trafficking to high-level political espionage to the inner dynamics of the North Korean royal family. Directed by Ryan White. Unraveling the audacious airport assassination of the exiled and estranged half-brother to North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, ASSASSINS is a riveting dissection of infamous dynasty dynamics and the surprising tale of two young women recruited to secure the uncontested leadership of Kim Jong-un. We feel like he's often seen as a caricature, he's laughed at, Trump calls him 'Rocketman', and Anna's book really traced his pathway to power in a way that treats him seriously. A new documentary explores what led to the ambush at the Kuala Lumpur airport and what happened to the two women after. So it didn't seem far-fetched that it could happen to them. The nexus of the film is the exploitation of young women. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. They've a contract with 'The Indonesian' embassy in 'Kuala Lumpur' so any time an 'Indonesian' citizen in 'Malaysia' is on trial facing the death penalty, they get that case. Acquisition Inquiries acquisitions@ greenwichentertainment.com. We've heard poisonous lipstick, we've heard darts, we've heard guns; everything but what actually happened. Ryan White. Documentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken. Producer. That shot gives us goosebumps because you can just feel what she's feeling. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020. Ryan White explains the cloak-and-dagger-style process he and his team went through to obtain revealing video of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother: "Making a … The film follows the Assassination of Kim Jong-nam, as he is assassinated by two young women who were tricked and thought they were participating in a prank show. The road to "Assassins," now streaming on virtual cinema took White down into the underbelly of Malaysia, dark alleys, taxis and a dive into the North Korean regime.