Film Poster for "Liquor Store Dreams". With a yellow backdrop, a collage of pictures include images of the liquor store, a police car on fire, and palm trees.

A portrait of two second generation Korean Americans trying to create their own future by honoring their parent’s past through understanding and healing

LIQUOR STORE DREAMS

Name: LIQUOR STORE DREAMS
Brand: A portrait of two second generation Korean Americans trying to create their own future by honoring their parent’s past through understanding and healing
SKU: LIQUOR STORE DREAMS
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BEST DOCUMENTARY - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival | GRAND JURY PRIZE - Seattle Asian American Film Festival | Ranked in Top 15 Best Documentary Films of 2022 - Yahoo News | "A devastating and emotional impact on all who are lucky to see it" - RogerEbert.com

Social Justice • African American Community • Asian American Community • Immigrant Community • LA Riots • BLM • Homelessness • Mental Health and Wellness • Racial Reconciliation • Latasha Harlins • George Floyd • Rodney King

Growing up a daughter of Korean immigrants who ran a liquor store in a South LA neighborhood, So Yun Um decided that what she wanted to do more than anything else, was become a filmmaker, much to the bemusement of her father. In this vibrant and bold film, So turns the camera on herself, her community and her friends, and documents a rarely seen slice of the American dream as she struggles with creating her own path in life. Director and liquor store baby, So Yun Um and her father have never seen eye to eye on anything, especially not her career choices. Although his liquor store has provided her financial stability to dream big, there’s tension between father and daughter, and how their Korean culture and store have had a complicated past within a Black community. So goes on a journey to unpack this tension as well as the generational divide between her and her father. In contrast, in the wake of his father’s passing, Danny Park quits his dream job at Nike and returns home to help his mother run the family store on Skid Row. Unlike So, he’s inexplicably drawn towards home, with a dream of uniting the Black and Korean communities at his store. He’s immediately determined to create a path different from his father’s but soon realizes the insurmountable weight of being a small business owner. LIQUOR STORE DREAMS is a portrait of two second-generation Korean Americans trying to create their own future by honoring their parent’s past through understanding and healing.

Yuriko | College Student in New York
"I cried a lot and so did the people around me. We were collectively crying and sniffling. This movie has already started the work of community building and it hasn't even officially premiered yet!"

Angie | Los Angeles
"Feeling very emotional and incredibly moved by So's beautiful storytelling of Liquor Store Dreams. I hope everyone gets a chance to watch."

Paul | Chicago
"I loved this film and all the people whose stories were featured in it. You should be very, very proud!"

Molly | Local citizen of Koreatown Los Angeles
"It was so touching, beautiful, and just really really good. So Many emotions ❤ 😭 I know LSD is you and Danny's family's stories, but I felt so visibilized by their telling and realted them so much too. Strangely, I feel lighter and free after watching. Thank you thank you and huge bravo <3 "

Naren | Philadelphia Resident
"A refreshingly balanced Doc between narrative arc and intimate-portrait storytelling. A though-provoking film that is not afraid to question the circumstances of its own creation."

Suzi | Community Organizer from Philadelphia
"Thank you for making this film and sharing your and Danny's story. It was so moving to me personally and is challenging me to think about my experience. it also made me feel proud to be Korean American. Maybe for the first time ever in my life, which means a lot at 44 years old. Thanks again and I wish you a long career in filmmaking and changing lives."

AWARDS
Audience Award for Best Feature | Indie Street Film Festival
CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award | Loft Film Festival
Winner of Local Jury Award | Palm Springs Film Festival
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature | Seattle Asian American Film Festival
Documentary Audience Award | Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Honorable Mention for Best Documentary | CAAMFest 2023

FESTIVALS
Tribeca Film Festival (World Premiere)
Bentonville Film Festival
Austin Asian Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
The Pickford Film Center's Doctober Festival
Busan International Film Festival (International Premiere)
BFI London Film Festival
Twin Cities Film Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival
Virginia Film Festival
Denver Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Festival
DisOrient Film Festival
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
TIFF Next Wave
Florida Film Festival
Diaspora Film Festival

Discussion Guide

DIRECTOR OF LIQUOR STORE DREAMS

REQUEST A GOOD TALK WITH SO YUN UM

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.