A second trailer for the film "Gook" has just been released. The movie is about two Korean-American brothers who own a shoe store, and a young African-American girl during the 1992 riots in Los Angeles, after the Rodney King beating verdict. The film is directed by Korean-American filmmaker and actor Justin Chon, who stars in it along with David So and Simone Baker.
According to Chon, in 1992, he was 10-years-old when the Rodney King verdict ignited the Los Angeles Riots. On the final day of the riots, his father's shoe store in Paramount, CA was looted. Although he was too young to fully understand everything that was happening, the events from that day had a significant impact on him. He says that for many years, he felt that there was a need for a film to represent the 1992 riots and the Korean-American experience during that time, and that's why he felt he had to make the movie.
Justin Chon's "Gook" was the winner of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival’s Next Audience Award, and is due out in theaters in August.
Check out the trailer below...