Though you will see them swaying above a slight layer of haze from atop almost every La rooftop, palm trees are not native to sunny, beach-side California, and neither is a strong portion of the city’s population.
Korean American filmmaker Justin Chon, director/co-writer of the phenomenal film, “Ms.
Purple,” is not indigenous to Los Angeles either; he was born in Orange County.
The expressly assured way in which he shoots the La city lights – or lack thereof – that color Koreatown, visually compress an insular life experience inside the confines of a larger cultural landscape, one that’s shaped the very identity of a person, planted seeds of unconscious emotional kernels, and defined who they are based on where they come from and what is expected of them.Continue reading ‘Ms.
Purple’ Compresses A Cultural Experience Of Domestic Duty & L.A.
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