Christina Sun Kim

An endearingly nostalgic exploration of the defiant Vietnamese new wave music scene, as well as a vulnerable and personal look at the filmmaker and her community’s revisiting of their unexamined past.

So Yun Um’s debut feature is a moving portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconciling their dreams with those of their immigrant parents, against the backdrop of struggles for racial equity in Los Angeles.

Yonghan continues to run the porn theater that his family owns, even though business isn’t too good. He has a nice girlfriend — and a complicated past. When his father and his little daughter unexpectedly visit him in Seoul, Yonghan’s life is turned upside down.