Greetings film fans, We’d like to keep with awards season, but shift this time to Minari (Amazon), just awarded the Golden Globe for best foreign language film. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung and drawn from his own experiences as a child, Minari is the story of a Korean family who moves to Arkansas, via California, in search of the American dream. New York Times film reviewer A.O. Scott wrote that “Chung’s touch is careful and precise. Everything is weighed. Nothing is wasted.”
If you want a pairing, Ellen Kamerling suggests House of Sand and Fog (Amazon), based on the 1999 novel by Andre Dubus III. The film is the story of a conflict between an Iranian immigrant family and an American woman over a Californian coastal house. Also a character study, Roger Ebert wrote “Like great fiction, House of Sand and Fog sees into the hearts of its characters, and loves and pities them.”
Let’s meet Friday, March 19 at 5:00 on zoom. We look forward to a rich conversation about immigration, equity, economics, dreams, and wherever else the films lead us.
DORR’s political film club is hosted by DORR board members Mik Jordahl (Attorney) and Frankie Riemer (Professor). To sign up, send an email to [email protected] and ask for the Zoom invitation. If you signed up for any of our previous films, your name is already on our list for the invite.
We’ll send a zoom invite a few days before the discussion. Just watch the film/s before we meet, grab something to eat and drink, and be ready to discuss!
