Kimjongilia (2009) (DVD) (US Version) DVD Region 1
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Taking its title from the hybrid red behonia created to celebrate Kim Jong-il's 46th birthday, Kimjongilia is a powerful indictment against the human rights abuses perpetuated in a country held captive by mass illusion and repression, North Korea. Drawing from her theater background, director N.C. Heiken interweaves interpretative performances and North Korean propaganda with candid interviews in which defectors share their shocking experiences of struggle and survival in North Korean concentration camps.
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| Product Title: | Kimjongilia (2009) (DVD) (US Version) Kimjongilia (2009) (DVD) (美國版) Kimjongilia (2009) (DVD) (美国版) Kimjongilia (2009) (DVD) (US Version) Kimjongilia (2009) (DVD) (US Version) |
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| Release Date: | 2010-10-12 |
| UPC Code: | 705105268415 |
| Language: | English, Korean |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Place of Origin: | United States, South Korea, France |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.78 : 1, 1.85 : 1, Letterboxed |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it? |
| Duration: | 74 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Lorber Films (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 100 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1023190025 |
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* Special Feature: Unreleased Footage & Testimony From Camp Refugees
Director: N.C HeiKin
North Korea is one of the world’s world’s most isolated nations. For sixty years, North Koreans have been ruled by a totalitarian regime. A cult of personality surrounds its two recent leaders: first, Kim Il Sung, and now, his son, Kim Jong Il. For Kim Jong Il’s 46th birthday, a hybrid begonia named kimjongilia was created, symbolizing wisdom, love, justice and peace. The film draws its name from this bright red flower and reveals the extraordinary stories told by survivors of North Korea’s vast prison camps, of deadly famine, and of every kind of repression. In a series of devastating interviews with refugees, director N. C. Helkin traces their torturous paths to freedom, on rickety sailboats and across mountain passes, while exposing the inhuman conditions they suffered in the nation’s concentration camps. Their experiences are interspersed with archival footage of North Korean propaganda films and original scenes that illuminate the contours of daily life for a people whose every action is monitored, and whose every thought could bring official retribution. Along with the survivors’ stories, Kimjongilia examines the mass illusion possible under totalitarianism and the human rights abuses required to maintain that illusion.
Director: N.C HeiKin
North Korea is one of the world’s world’s most isolated nations. For sixty years, North Koreans have been ruled by a totalitarian regime. A cult of personality surrounds its two recent leaders: first, Kim Il Sung, and now, his son, Kim Jong Il. For Kim Jong Il’s 46th birthday, a hybrid begonia named kimjongilia was created, symbolizing wisdom, love, justice and peace. The film draws its name from this bright red flower and reveals the extraordinary stories told by survivors of North Korea’s vast prison camps, of deadly famine, and of every kind of repression. In a series of devastating interviews with refugees, director N. C. Helkin traces their torturous paths to freedom, on rickety sailboats and across mountain passes, while exposing the inhuman conditions they suffered in the nation’s concentration camps. Their experiences are interspersed with archival footage of North Korean propaganda films and original scenes that illuminate the contours of daily life for a people whose every action is monitored, and whose every thought could bring official retribution. Along with the survivors’ stories, Kimjongilia examines the mass illusion possible under totalitarianism and the human rights abuses required to maintain that illusion.
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