GOOD TALK WITH SO YUN UM

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So Yun Um is a Korean American director and producer born and based in Los Angeles. She explores intimate and challenging stories of marginalized people with piercing humanity and poignant editing style.

Her directorial debut documentary feature film, LIQUOR STORE DREAMS, which is about second generation Korean American children of Liquor Store owners in the LA area, which made its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. Her work has screened at Tribeca Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, BFI London and more.

Currently, So is a 2022-2023 BAFTA Breakthrough USA participant. She is an alumnus of the 2021 CAAM Fellowship, Armed with a Camera Fellowship by Visual Communication, recipient of the Sundance Uprise Grant and a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee.

Expertise
My expertise is speaking about the history of the 92 LA Uprising from the point of view of a child of a liquor store owning and the "Korean/Black tension" that arose during that time. Audiences will be able to gain insight on how to think beyond the existing narratives and the real solidarity between the Asian and Black community.

Speaking History
UCLA, California State University of Long Beach, USC, Haverford College, Legal Aid Los Angeles. Spotify, Woori Juntos, Public Library for an Asian American Storytelling Summit, UCI, Santa Barbara Preservation, Center for Racial Reconciliation