Ep. 25 | Minari Review: How to tell a POC Story

Minari is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. It stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton. A semi-autobiographical take on Chung's upbringing, the plot follows a family of South Korean immigrants who try to make it in the rural United States during the 1980s. Minari is distributed by A24, a NON Struck Company. We fully support the WGA/SAG Strike. Timestamp: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:14 - Minari REVIEW 00:00:46 - The first Generation Experience 00:03:23- The "American Dream" Fallacy 00:07:11 - The Big Sister Experience 00:09:40 - Generational Wealth 00:11:35 - Secrecy in Immigrant Families 00:13:23 - Hierarchy in Marriage 00:19:33 - POC Suffrage in FILM/TV 00:24:21 - Churches should stop doing this 00:25:48 - Young Film Composers 00:29:59 - The Writer’s Strike