Kimjongilia is a documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 directed by N.C. Heikin revealing stories from North Korean prison camp survivors. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

in January 2009.

Plot

Life in North Korea is examined through interviews with North Korean defectors. Included are stories from people who served time in North Korean prison, former military officers, and artists, among others.

Reception

The film was met with little theatrical views and generally mixed reviews. While the review aggregator website, Metacritic, gave the film a weighted average of 44/100, based on only four reviews, Rottentomatoes, another review aggregator, gave it a 60/100 rating out of 10 reviews. On both Metacritic and Rottentomates, the audience reviews are more positive than the critics' ratings.