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Filmmaker Reveals New Details About The Execution Of Kim Jong-Un's Uncle

Filmmaker Reveals New Details About The Execution Of Kim Jong-Un's Uncle
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In this image taken from video made available on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers an annual New Year's Day message in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim boasted Wednesday that North Korea enters the new year on a surge of strength because of the elimination of "factionalist filth" - a reference to the young leader's once powerful uncle, whose execution last month raised questions about Kim's grip on power. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUT

Frontline documentary filmmaker, James Jones, looks behind the curtain of North Korea and goes where no other camera has gone before. HuffPost Live talked to the filmmaker about the footage Kim Jong-Un doesn't want you to see and discussed recent claims as to why the North Korean leader had his uncle executed.

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