Nora in Hae Sung, dve globoko povezana prijatelja iz otroštva, se ločita, potem ko se Norina družina izseli iz Južne Koreje. 20 let pozneje se znova združita v enem usodnem tednu, ko se soočita s predstavami o ljubezni in usodi.
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.
Komična drama. Film o korejsko-ameriški družini, ki se v osemdesetih letih iz Kalifornije preseli v ruralni Arkansas in začne na neobetavnem kosu zemlje pridelovati korejsko zelenjavo. Tudi take so lahko »ameriške sanje«, verjame Jacob, lastnik novega zemljišča in priseljenec iz Južne Koreje. Prej je v Kaliforniji delal v kokošereji in bil za tekočim trakom, sedaj je lastnik večjega zemljišča in namerava kot samostojni podjetnik ponujati korejsko zelenjavo za korejsko hrano vsem, ki jo imajo radi. Njegova korejska žena Monica dvomi o njegovih ameriških sanjah, nista ji všeč hiša na kolesih in prostrana divjina z oddaljeno šolo in bolnišnico, strah jo je za otroka, predvsem za mlajšega Davida, ki ima šum na srcu. Jacob vidi, da se žena muči in da jo skrbi. Da bi ji vsaj malo prišel naproti, predlaga, da bi k njim prišla živet še njegova tašča, Monicina mama Soonja. S prihodom zvite, hudomušne, toda izjemno ljubeče ženske se vse spremeni …
Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.
Korejsko-ameriški moški, vzgojen v zalivu Louisiana trdo dela, da bi ustvaril življenje za svojo družino, se mora soočiti z duhovi svoje preteklosti, ko odkrije, da bi ga lahko izgnali iz edine države, ki jo je kdaj imenoval dom.
After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.
The House of Suh” tells the story of Andrew and his sister Catherine, and how the values, conflicts, and dysfunctions of their Korean immigrant family led to the murder of Robert O’Dubaine. Eloquently narrated by Andrew, the documentary highlights issues of assimilation and the struggle between freedom and responsibility, raising questions about guilt, innocence, and the illusive gray area in-between.
Kasie, stuck in LA’s Koreatown, works as a karaoke hostess getting paid for her companionship by drunken men. When her dad’s hospice nurse quits she reconnects with her estranged brother, Carey, forcing them to enter a period of intense self-reflection as their single father who raised them nears death.
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
When an orphaned half Korean girl finds herself in small town America with her only living relative, she seeks out a mentor to help with the only thing she loves – golf. The best player in town, the widowed optometrist, takes her under his wing, sending them on a journey to face their fear of losing loved ones and their game. The only problem is, he has three months to live.
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.
YouTube musician and Korean American adoptee Dan Matthews travels to South Korea to perform and reunite with his biological family, including a long lost twin he never knew he had.
Arthur, a young Korean-American, tries to manage one brother, sentenced to spend his life in jail; his other brother, a drug addict; and pressure from their Korean-born mother.
For all intents and purposes, 2015 was seemingly a banner year for singer/songwriter Bobby Choy (aka Big Phony). His melodic and quiet songs had garnered him a following as he performs at SXSW while also starring in his first feature film. However, returning back to the States from living abroad in S. Korea - has he made the right decisions in life, professionally and personally? Is he his own worst enemy?
A Korean-American man cares for his ailing mother and tries to master her traditional Korean dishes.