.THE
.THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED >> FILM MENARY IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL STORY ABOUT A KOREAN
AMERICAN FAMILIES PURSUIT
OF THE AMERICAN DREAM RIGHT
HERE IN ARKANSAS, MOVIES
ALREADY PICKED UP DOZENS
OF AWARDS. IT'S UP FOR SIX
ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST
PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR CBS'S
VLADIMíR DUE TO FOUND OUT
>> WHAT MAKES THIS STORY WITH
ITS TIES TO THE NATURAL STATE
SO COMPELLING AS YOUR DADDY
LIKE THAT NEW FARM HE GREW UP
IN SKIIED DOING THINGS RIGHT
KNOW IS THE STORY
>> OF A KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY
TRANSPLANTED INTO THE AMERICAN
HEARTLAND UNIT YOUNG IS SONIYA
A SOMEWHAT UNTRADITIONAL BUT
UNCONDITIONALLY LOVING
GRANDMOTHER WHO COMES
>> FROM KOREA TO HELP HER
DAUGHTER'S FAMILY TAKE ROOT IN
THEIR NEW
>> HOME. OH WOW. YOU HAVE
BHUTI. WOW. YOU BECAME A BIG
CELEBRATIN NOW
>> ALLEN KIM PLAYS DAVID, HER
MISCHIEVOUS AMERICAN BORN
GRANDSON
>>. HE WAS HAILED BY MANY TRY
>> MY BEST TO LOOK INNOCENT.
THEIR RELATIONSHIP
>> IS THE HEART OF THE FILM
STRONG STRONG BOY YOU
>> ARE A LEGEND OF SOUTH KOREAN
FILM AND TELEVISION
>> WON A SAG AWARD FOR HER
PORTRAYAL THE FIRST TIME YOU
SAW
>> AND READ THE SCRIPT FOR
MINARDI. WHAT DID YOU THINK IT
WAS
>> REAL AUTHENTIC TO ME THIS IS
VERY NATURAL BETWEEN GRANDMA
AND GRANDSON. I LIKE THAT KIND
>> OF STORY OR
>> THE STORY FEELS AUTHENTIC
BECAUSE IT IS IT
>> MIRRORS DIRECTOR LEE ISAAC
CHUNG'S OWN CHILDHOOD GROWING
UP AS A FIRST GENERATION
AMERICAN ON AN ARKANSAS
>> FARM. STEVEN YOUNG WHO PLAYS
JACOB, THE FAMILY'S FATHER,
IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. FROM
SOUTH KOREA. HE TOLD CBS SUNDAY
MORNINGS TRACY SMITH
>> THE MOVIE HITS CLOSE TO
HOME.
>> I READ THE SCRIPT AND I WAS
BLOWN AWAY. I WAS IN TEARS
SEEING THE WORDS OF HOW A LIFE
SIMILAR TO MINE COULD BE PUT ON
A PAGE WAS VERY LIBERATING. YOU
ALSO
>> EXPERIENCE THE TASTES OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM. IN THE 1970S
SHE GAVE UP A THRIVING ON
SCREEN CAREER TO MOVE TO
FLORIDA WITH HER HUSBAND THERE
SHE GAVE BIRTH TO TWO SONS
>> AFTER HER MARRIAGE
DISSOLVED, SHE RETURNED TO
ACTING
>> SOUTH KOREA. DO YOU THINK
THE
>> MEANING OF THE AMERICAN
DREAM HAS CHANGED OVER THE
YEARS
>>? I WENT THERE 1975 OR FOR SO
I'M SURE THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED
BUT AT MY TIME WE DIDN'T
>> EVEN HAVE A VOICE. SO
OF ALL, YOU KNOW,
DISCRIMINATION
>> OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT
AT LEAST NOW THEY HAVE A VOICE
>> BUT SUCH IS THE CHARACTERS
OF MINARDI SPEAK MOSTLY KOREAN
.THE MOVIE TRANSCENDS ITS
LANGUAGE AND IMMIGRANT STORY.
IT'S SIMPLY A FILM ABOUT
FAMILY. CHUNG
>> ECHOED THAT SENTIMENT AFTER
MINARDI WON THE GOLDEN GLOBE
FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
>>. IT'S A FAMILY TRYING TO
LEARN HOW TO SPEAK A LANGUAGE
OF ITS OWN
>>. THE FILM HAS BEEN NOMINATED
FOR SIX ACADEMY AWARDS. SUCCESS
HAS TAKEN THE CAST BY SURPRISE
NOT AUSTIM
>> FAMOUS PRETTY FAMOUS I GUESS
>> THIS IS A BIG NUMBER SIX IS
A BIG NUMBER. ALAN, ARE YOU
EXCITED? I
>> GUESS SO. SOMEWHERE AROUND
EXCITED AND
>> EXCITED I
>> KNOW HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR
AN OSCAR FOR HER PERFORMANCE.
IT'S UNREAL TO ME. ANDREA, YOU
WENT BACK TO SOUTH KOREA AND
NOW YOU'RE AN ACADEMY AWARD
NOMINEE, ISN'T THAT SURPRISING?
LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES. YOU
NEVER KNOW
>> VLADIMIR PUTIN, CBS NEWS NOW
MINORITY IS AVAILABLE TO WATCH
ON ALL THE ON DEMAND SERVICES
LIKE AMAZON, APPLE TV
>>, GOOGLE PLAY AND YOUTUBE.
YOU'RE
>> ALMOST OBLIGED YOU FOLKS.
THIS IS AN ARKANSAS STORY