Abstract
Minari by Lee Isaac Chung is a drama which chronicles the life of a Korean family who moves to the USA during 1980s in pursuit for a better life. The acculturation process is experienced differently by family members. Children are mostly bored with their new life in the rural area of Arkansas while their mother, Monica, is terrified of living in a mobile home which is made of a truck trailer in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, the grandmother joins the family from Korea to take care of the kids with a more positive approach dealing with their struggles. The father, Jacob, takes his family and marriage on a dangerous adventure as he tries to spawn a farm on the virgin land that has never been touched before.
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Director Chung depicts the hardships and struggles of a Korean family who immigrates to rural Arkansas in the United States
Steven Yeun, who made history as the first Asian American actor to be nominated for Best Actor, drew attention to the intermediary role of the film industry for globalization with this nomination
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Part of the Agriculture Commons, Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Economics Commons, Food Studies Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Geography Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Marketing Commons, Migration Studies Commons, Other Business Commons, and the Visual Studies Commons. Recommended Citation Uzuner, Nagehan (2021) "Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (2020): Having an Amerikorean Life," Markets, Globalization & Development Review: Vol 6: No 2, Article 4. This media review is available in Markets, Globalization & Development Review: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ mgdr/vol6/iss2/4
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