So Yun Um

director, “Liquor Store Dreams”

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So Yun Um’s new documentary “Liquor Store Dreams” explores her upbringing in and around her family’s Hawthorne business, plus her complicated relationship with her immigrant parents.

New film debunks ‘angry Korean liquor store owner’ stereotype

So Yun Um’s new documentary “Liquor Store Dreams” explores her upbringing in and around her family’s Hawthorne business, plus her complicated relationship with her immigrant parents.

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