Dwarves Kingdom is a documentary film about a theme park featuring performances by little people with dwarfism who live in a fantasy recreation of a magical empire. Built by a wealthy Chinese businessman, this other-worldly kingdom, officially called World Ecological Garden of Butterfly and Little People Kingdom, is located in the mountains surrounding the city of Kunming in Western China.
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DWARVES KINGDOM trailer - Cinedelphia Film Festival 2015
Philadelphia Premiere with director Matthew Salton in attendance! Thursday April 23 2015 10:00 PM at PhilaMOCA as part of the 2015 Cinedelphia Film ...
Dwarves Kingdom - Trailer
One day a Lord of the Rings-obsessed Chinese real estate investor met a little person on the train. This downtrodden man's openness about his trouble finding ...
DWARVES KINGDOM trailer Cinedelphia Film Festival 2015 YouTube
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