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Full Trailer for Los Angeles Riots Film 'Gook' From Director Justin Chon
by Alex Billington
June 28, 2017
Source: YouTube
"Yo, what does that even mean?" Samuel Goldwyn has debuted a full-length official trailer for the film titled Gook, which is a derogatory slang word in America used to describe Asians. This is yet another excellent trailer to follow-up the first one, making me seriously interested in this. The film is directed by Korean American filmmaker/actor Justin Chon, and is about two Korean American kids living in Los Angeles in the early 1990s. It's set against the backdrop of the infamous L.A. Riots during 1992. Starring Justin Chon and David So, as well as Simone Baker, Curtiss Cook Jr., Sang Chon, Omono Okojie, Ben Munoz, Cesar Garcia, Isaiah Jarel, and Kirlew Vilbon. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, where it won the Audience Award in the low budget Next section. This is worth a look. Watch below.
Here's the full official trailer (+ poster) for Justin Chon's Gook, direct from YouTube:
You can still watch the first official trailer for Justin Chon's Gook here, to see more footage.
Eli (Chon) and Daniel (So) are two Korean American brothers that run their late father’s shoe store in a predominantly African American community of Los Angeles. These two brothers strike up a unique and unlikely friendship with an 11-year-old African American girl, Kamilla (Baker). As Daniel dreams of becoming a recording artist and Eli struggles to keep the store afloat, racial tensions build to a breaking point in L.A. as the “infamous” L.A. Riots break out. Gook is both written and directed by Korean American filmmaker Justin Chon. He made his feature directorial debut with Man Up a few years ago, after plenty of acting working previously. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Next section Audience Award. Goldwyn Films will release Gook in select theaters starting August 1st later this summer.
4 Comments
1
Looks good. David So is a popular YouTuber, so seeing him this role is kind of shocking and amazing.
DAVIDPD on Jun 28, 2017
2
That little Simone Baker is a find!! Kudos to Justin Chon for using beautiful black and white!
kitano0 on Jun 29, 2017
3
It doesn't look super miserable even though the subject matter undoubtably is. Will give this a go.
Carpola on Jun 29, 2017
4
Yes, it is worth of look. And it doesn't look pretentious which is a plus.
shiboleth on Jul 2, 2017
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