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Kimjongilia is a flower named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. It is a hybrid cultivar of tuberous begonia, registered as Begonia × tuberhybrida 'Kimjongilhwa'. [1] When Kim Jong Il died in December 2011 , the flower was used to adorn his body for public display . [2]
Jul 7, 2009 · Through a series of extraordinary interviews with North Korean refugees, KIMJONGILIA, a stylistically inventive documentary, presents a devastating indictment of Kim Jong-Il, one of the worlds ...
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- NC Heikin
Feb 25, 2010 · The first film to fully expose the humanitarian crisis of North Korea, NC Heikin's stylish, deeply moving documentary (executive produced by Mike Figgis) is centered around...
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- LorberFilms
Kimjongilia (Korean: 김정일리아) is a documentary film directed by N.C. Heikin that tells the stories of North Korean prison camp survivors and escapees from the country. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January 2009.
May 26, 2011 · Read the Transcript: http://to.pbs.org/kENhi0In her documentary, "Kimjongilia," filmmaker N.C. Heikin tells tales of life in North Korea from the perspectiv...
Feb 13, 2024 · With its unusually large and broad-blown flowers, crimson petals, heart-shaped green leaves that give a fresh and robust feeling–the rare cultivar of the genus Begonia is the most beautiful among all the cultivars of the genus, and its flowers bloom for 120 days at a time.
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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.
