Ken Jeong & Jae Suh Park Transfer to Wyoming in ‘A Nice Divide’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
October 28, 2024
Supply: YouTube
“Generally it appears like our nation is at conflict with itself.” Gravitas Ventures has revealed the official trailer for an indie movie titled A Nice Divide, marking the function directorial debut of filmmaker Jean Shim. This premiered final 12 months on the Bentonville Movie Fest, enjoying on the Heartland & Hawaii Movie Festivals as effectively, although that is the primary time we have encountered it. At all times good to find extra “the place did this come from?” indie gems. The Lee household go away the Bay Space for a recent begin residing within the rural expanses of Wyoming, solely to come across hostility, racism, and xenophobia of their new small city neighborhood. How they confront these points will break them – or make them stronger. A Nice Divide additionally focuses on their son Benjamin, performed Emerson Min, struggling along with his new life. Jae Suh Park and Ken Jeong co-star as his mother and father, together with MeeWha Alana Lee as Grandma, Jaime McShane, Margaret Cho, Marshall Allman, Seamus Dever, West Mulholland, and Miya Cech (from the “Avatar: The Final Airbender” collection). This appears like an actual heartfelt, earnest, beautifully-shot story unafraid to take care of the rotten reality about American racism, whereas nonetheless being a love letter to America and all that it may well present. This trailer actually grabbed my consideration.
This is the total official trailer (+ poster) for Jean Shim’s movie A Nice Divide, direct from YouTube:
When a Korean American household relocates from California to a small city in Wyoming, they do not count on the city residents to pose a much bigger menace than the bison, moose, and snakes they encounter at each flip. However such is the chilling wilderness… The Lee household are new to Wyoming, searching for a recent begin. Dad (Ken Jeong) thinks it is best to strive to slot in, whereas Mother (Jae Suh Park) refuses to boring her reactions to any of the unwelcoming city residents. As for teenager Ben (Emerson Min), he simply misses his finest buddy Ellie (Miya Cech). Collectively the household should navigate their outsider standing in addition to confrontations with a tight-knit neighborhood resistant to alter. A Nice Divide is directed by the up-and-coming filmmaker Jean Shim, making her function directorial debut after one different quick movie beforehand. The screenplay is written by Jeff Yang and Jean Shim & Martina Nagel. It is produced by Jean Shim, Brian Yang, and Jeff Yang. This initially premiered on the 2023 Bentonville Movie Competition final 12 months & confirmed at just a few others. Gravitas Ventures will debut Shim’s A Nice Divide movie in choose US theaters + on VOD beginning November twenty sixth, 2024 this fall.
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