Below, a scene on the front porch of the Lor’s home. Sue Lor holds 18XEEM’s November 2008 issue while looking on at her brother Thao and the Hmong gang.

Gran Torino is a movie that is being directed and played by Clint Eastwood and is set to shoot this July in southeast Michigan. Auditions have wrapped up in the past two weeks and the Hmong community has been anxiously speculating on both sides of the fence on how the story will unfold: Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (played by Clint Eastwood) sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski’s prized possesion: his 1972 Gran Torino. Tell us your take on this movie by leaving a comment.