…in life, which is to advance Asian voices in a very humanistic way. “Gook” was a work of love for me so that we can break through the threshold into…
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Meet the Stars Behind Kore’s 2018 Annual Issue
…Chon (Jack Blizzard/Kore Asian Media) It took guts to create “Gook,” an indie triumph of 2017 that offered Justin Chon’s deeply personal look at a racially charged time not so…
6 New TV Shows Starring APAs to Watch In March
…had a busy past couple years, most recently as the creator and director of the critically acclaimed “Gook.” Premieres March 11. 4. Instinct “Lost” alum Naveen Andrews, who was last…
Inside The #GoldOpen Movement Backing Asian American Cinema
…indie film “Gook,” helping the film score over $250,000 at the box office, not a bad showing for a film that cost $50,000 to produce. But a $30-million studio film…
Independents’ Day: Asian And Asian American Filmmakers Represent In A Big Way At Sundance
…Ante Chen. MS. PURPLE The latest from director/writer/producer Justin Chon, whose critically acclaimed Gook previously won Sundance’s NEXT Audience Award, is Ms. Purple. And like that last film, it is…
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Returns With Family Dramas, Spy Thrillers and More
…as “Gook,” “Ms. Purple” and Apple TV+’s “Pachinko.” His intimate dissection of this father and son is beautifully underlaid with unresolved grief, resentment and guilt with the two lead actors…