6 Indie Picks for August4 of 6
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The Los Angeles riots of 1992 remain a grave and regrettable milepost in the still unsettled discussion our continues to have about race relations. While searing images of street violence doubtless dominate our memories of this chapter in American urban history, this drama by director and writer Justin Chon helps to soften the binaries frequently served up by mainstream media about race relations in L.A. Here, Chon follows the story of two Korean American brothers and a young African American girl, who strike up a friendship that gets tested by intensifying racial discord in and around the city. If the trailer is any indication, Chon has been clearly inspired by Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, and the movie won an Audience Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. — Bret
Opens Friday, Aug. 18, in select theaters
The Los Angeles riots of 1992 remain a grave and regrettable milepost in the still unsettled discussion our continues to have about race relations. While searing images of street violence doubtless dominate our memories of this chapter in American urban history, this drama by director and writer Justin Chon helps to soften the binaries frequently served up by mainstream media about race relations in L.A. Here, Chon follows the story of two Korean American brothers and a young African American girl, who strike up a friendship that gets tested by intensifying racial discord in and around the city. If the trailer is any indication, Chon has been clearly inspired by Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, and the movie won an Audience Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. — Bret
Opens Friday, Aug. 18, in select theaters
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