New documentary about Korean liquor store families starts messy, necessary conversation
LOS ANGELES — Asian American political discourse sometimes reminds me of the arguments I had with my parents as a kid. We get angry but it's hard to talk about why. We use the same words but mean different things. Languages get in the way. And the hardest part is just starting the conversation, because sometimes it feels like we don't ever get to know each other on a personal level. So when I ...
by Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times
May 31, 2023
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Asian American political discourse sometimes reminds me of the arguments I had with my parents as a kid.
We get angry but it's hard to talk about why. We use the same words but mean different things. Languages get in the way. And the hardest part is just starting the conversation, because sometimes it feels like we don't ever get to know each other on a personal level.
So when I saw the documentary "Liquor Store Dreams," it was a balm to these frustrations. The film follows So Yun Um and her father, Henry, a liquor store owner in Hawthorne, during a period that includes the summer of protests over the death about last year.
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