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  Friends of Kim
Director : Hans van Dijk, Raphael Wilking
TV : 06-07-16 09:55 / Screening : 06-07-14 17:00
North Korea is embraced by a worldwide group of supporters known as the Korean Friendship Association. The film tells the hilarious and sobering account of the first time the international group of Kim Jong II sympathisers visits North Korea as they discover that the "workers' paradise" is far from heavenly.
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  Return to the Border
Director : Zhao Liang
TV : 06-07-16 07:00 / Screening :
The director returns to the area near the border of China and North Korea where he grew up. There he finds not much has changed and for some things have gotten worse. He takes a tour inside North Korea where he can only glimpse into the people's lives from a distance.
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  North Korea, A Day in the Life
Director : Pieter Fleury
TV : 06-07-15 07:00 / Screening :
In this narration-less documentary, the family of Hong Sun Hui, a female worker in a textile factory, is taking us through an ordinary day in the country of the Beloved Leader Kim Jong Il. The people undergo an endless stream of propaganda. Unmoved they perform their duty. At the nursery school, Hong¡¯s daughter learns that ¡®flowers need the sun and she needs the love of the Great Leader to grow¡¯. The system of indoctrination, control and self-criticism seems both frightening and ridiculous. Although unexpected, an escape is underway: English lessons for Hong¡¯s brother seem to bring a spark of hope. But ¡®Internet¡¯ is still just a word: it means International Network!
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