{"product_id":"kim-il-sungs-children-9781952787287","title":"Kim Il Sung's Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorical records of the diaspora of North Korean war orphans to Eastern Europe in the 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a mostly forgotten slice of Cold War history, but a new documentary sheds light on the lives of the orphans whose departure still weighs on the Europeans who knew them - New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope your film will provide audiences all over the world with an opportunity to reflect upon both the past and the future of the Korean peninsula - Harry Harris, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour film was very powerful, beautiful, and sincere - Renee Fisher, Film Director \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA movie you cannot watch without shedding tears as a person living in the same era in different location. - Shimokawa Masahiru, former Mainichi journalist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKim Il Sung's Children\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the secrets of North Korean orphans in Eastern Europe in the 1950s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn illumination on the forgotten lives of 10,000 North Korean orphans in Eastern Europe in the 1950s, referred to as \u003cem\u003eKim Il Sung's children\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis documentary traces North Korea's war orphans of the 1950s in five Eastern European countries: The Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. It features miraculous events and meetings with innocent people throughout the journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 Rome International Movie Awards (Italy) The Best Documentary Winner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 International New York Film Festival Official Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 Cyrus International Film Festival of Toronto (Canada) Semi Finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 Nice International Film Festival (France) Official Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 'Global Migration Film Festival' by UN International Organization of Migration Official Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Kim Deog-Young is a documentary film director. Kim made his debut as a film director in 1995 with \u003cem\u003eWaning 1989\u003c\/em\u003e. Kim's another film \u003cem\u003eFarewell to the Factory\u003c\/em\u003e (1999) made an official selection at Busan International Film Festival and was aired on Japan's NHK in 1999. \u003cem\u003eKim Il Sung's Children\u003c\/em\u003e, released in 2020, was internationally acclaimed, making Kim South Korea's leading documentary film director.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Poppypub","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50398392811794,"sku":"9781952787287","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6de2371-db1c-4324-9549-fac7af836bdd.jpg?v=1729067390","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kim-il-sungs-children-9781952787287","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}