It has been months since Western audiences got to finally pass judgment on The Interview, the Hollywood satire of Kim Jong Un that sparked frantic debate and controversy leading up to its release.

Since the film hit in December, activist groups from South Korea and further afield have been trying to give North Koreans the very same opportunity.

And by disseminating copies of the film inside the country, often via balloons flown across the border, they hope to inspire an internal revolt against the regime.

North Korea has blasted such balloon launches as a “de factodeclaration of