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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

LIQUOR STORE BABIES

Directed by So Yun Um

Shorts Competition / USA / 2018 / Documentary / 5 mins / English, Korean with English subtitles / World Premiere

Plays In:
Armed With A Camera vol. 2018

Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 11
Wednesday | May 9, 2018 9:00 pm

Description

LIQUOR STORE BABIES explores the intersecting lives of two friends and their liquor store owning fathers. Director/star So Yun Um pulls from true-life experience, contrasting two sides of the same coin. She captures a candid look at how their lives and dreams are connected.


Director's Bio

So Yun Um is a Korean-American film critic and filmmaker. She explores the intimate stories of marginalized people through her poetic visual language and poignant editing style. She runs the film website & YouTube channel, “So’s Reel Thoughts,” which highlights international, independent, and genre films. She is affiliated with various LA film festivals; and is part of the Women Film Critics Circle and VC’s Armed With a Camera 2018 class.


Credits

Director: So Yun Um
Producer: So Yun Um, Jean Rheem
Editor: So Yun Um, Jean Rheem
Camera Operator: Dawn Shim
Sound Recordist: Kathleen Choi


Plays in

  1. Armed With a Camera vol. 2018

    Shorts Programs / 34 mins
    Visual Communications is proud to guide the next generation of storytellers in visualizing their amazing stories through the Armed with a Camera Fellowship. Watch these films that range from a documentary about children born to Korean immigrant liquor store owners, to a narrative on growing up a Sikh child in America. - Milton Liu

    In This Program: 6,000 MILES, BEAST, THE CARTOONIST, HORNET’S REVENGE, ILY, LIQUOR STORE BABIES, WRECK IT RAJ


Dates & Times

Plays In:
Armed With A Camera vol. 2018

Regal L.A. LIVE - Theatre 11
Wednesday | May 9, 2018 9:00 pm