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>> WELCOME TO ASIAN AMERICAN
LIFE.
I'M YOUR HOST ERNABEL DEMILLO.
THIS MONTH WE ARE AT THE WHITNEY
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, CHECKING
OUT THEIR LATEST EXHIBIT
PROGRAMMED: RULES, CODES AND
CHOREOGRAPHIES IN ART.
COMING UP, WE WILL HAVE MORE ON
THE MULTIMEDIA EXHIBIT BEHIND
ME. HERE'S WHAT'S
AHEAD ON OUR SHOW.
THE BIG CHILL, WE GO CLOSE UP
WITH AMERICA'S ICEMAN.
WE GO TO OPEN STYLE LABS, AN
ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO
CREATING FUNCTIONAL CLOTHING FOR
PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES WITHOUT
COMPROMISING ON STYLE.
AN UPDATE ON THE NEW
AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION POLICY RULING
AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT
ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS.
WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST.
WE MEET THE SIBLING DUO
DETERMINED TO RESTORE HARD APPLE
CIDER'S REPUTATION AS THE OLDEST
AND MOST FAVORED ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE RIGHT HERE IN BROOKLYN.
THIS AND MORE ON ASIAN AMERICAN
LIFE.
THIS MASSIVE EXHIBIT BY
KOREAN ARTIST NAM JUNE PAIK
WAS CONSIDERED AHEAD
OF ITS TIME IN 1989.
IT IS BACK IN NEW YORK.
WAIT TILL YOU HEAR HOW ALL THE
PIECES WERE PUT BACK TOGETHER.
IT IS STAGGERING.
207 TV'S, IT IS 17 FEET TALL.
41 FEET WIDE.
MUSIC IS BLARING AS DIFFERENT
VIDEOS PLAY.
FIRST SHOWED AT THE WHITNEY
IN 1989.
IT'S BACK IN ALL OF ITS GLORY.
IT IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE
LATEST EXHIBIT, PROGRAMMED:
RULES, CODES AND CHOREOGRAPHIES
IN ART.
>> PAIK HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
PIONEERS OF VIDEO ART.
THIS PARTICULAR WORK REARRANGES
MUSIC VIDEOS AND OTHER IMAGERY
AND USES THE TELEVISION AS ITS
MATERIAL, BOTH IN TERMS OF
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND IN TERMS
OF CONTENT AND THE SIGNAL OF THE
TELEVISION ITSELF.
>> TO BRING THIS PIECE BACK WAS
QUITE AN UNDERTAKING.
WHEN IT WAS RETURNED AFTER BEING
EXHIBITED, IT CAME BACK IN
PIECES, SEVERAL PARTS WERE
MISSING.
>> HOW CAN WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT
WORK OF ART AND NOT BE ABLE TO
EXHIBIT IT?
THAT STARTED OUR THINKING
SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT WHAT
WOULD BE INVOLVED TECHNICALLY
AND PHILOSOPHICALLY AND HOW THIS
PIECE NEEDED TO BE RESTORED TO
REPRESENT THE ARTIST.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW
OR WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
THIS IMAGE SHOWS HIM HOLDING ONE
OF THESE ORIGINAL TEN INCH
MONITORS.
THAT GAVE US THE IDEA OF WHAT IT
LOOKED LIKE.
WE DID AN EBAY SEARCH AND WE
WERE ABLE TO SOURCE ONE OF THEM.
>> ART CONSERVATIONISTS RICHARD
BLOES AND REINHARD BEK SPENT
SEVERAL YEARS REBUILDING IT.
THEY HAD WORKED TOGETHER IN
1989.
THEY FACED SOME SERIOUS
ROADBLOCKS.
>> THEY WERE SHOWING THE WAY
THEY DID IN 1989.
SOMEBODY BOUGHT IT AND TOOK IT
TO HAWAII.
THEIR HOUSE WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH
FOR THE PIECE.
THEY MADE A SMALLER VERSION.
THEY DONATED TO US.
WE GOT A SMALLER VERSION OF THIS
PIECE, WHICH WAS SHORT 50 TV'S.
AND THERE WAS NO
DOCUMENTATION OF THE WAY IT WAS
ORIGINALLY.
>> THE ELECTRONICS HAD TO BE
REPAIRED AND REPLACED.
FINDING OLDER MODEL TV'S IS NOT
AS EASY AS ONE MAY THINK.
>> THEY ARE NOT PRODUCED
ANYMORE.
THE CURVED GLASS TV, WHICH WE
KNOW FROM OUR CHILDHOOD.
>> THEY HAD TO FIND SEVEN
WOODEN CABINET TV'S.
THANK GOODNESS FOR EBAY.
>> PEOPLE WOULD SELL THEM FOR
LIKE $40.
IT WOULD BE IN CHICAGO OR
SOMETHING AND WE WOULD HAVE TO
SEND THIS ART TRUCK THERE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $1000.
>> THAN THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT
HOW THE ORIGINAL STACKED UP.
>> WE HAD TO RECONSTRUCT THIS.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE PICTURE THAT
WE HAD THAT WE FOUND ON THE
INTERNET THAT SHOWED HIM IN
FRONT OF THIS PIECE.
BECAUSE OF THAT ONE PHOTOGRAPH,
WE CAN SEE THE OUTLINES OF THE
SCAFFOLDING AND WHAT WENT WHERE.
>> FINALLY, THEY HAD TO MAKE THE
VIDEOS PLAYING ON THE 207
SCREENS MATCHED THE TEMPO AND
TIMING OF THE 1989 VERSION.
NO ONE BOTHERED TO FILM THE
ENTIRE EXHIBIT IN 1989.
IT WAS AN EXHIBIT DEVOTED TO
VIDEO.
ALL THEY HAD WAS 45 SECONDS
OF TAPE FILMED BY THE VIDEO
PROCESSOR.
>> WE DID THIS BASED ON TAPE.
IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 45 SECONDS
LONG.
>> HE ALSO DID THE ORIGINAL ONE.
>> AFTER YEARS OF DETECTIVE
WORK, THE PIECES ARE IN THEIR
PLACES, BACK AT THE WHITNEY,
JUST LIKE 1989.
THIS TIME, SOMEONE WILL HAVE A
VIDEO OR A PHOTO TO BRING IT
BACK 30 YEARS FROM NOW.
I'M ERNABEL DEMILLO FOR
ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE.
>> I'M MINNIE ROH.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE AN ICE
SCULPTURE AS YOU MAKE THE ROUNDS
AT ONE OF YOUR MANY HOLIDAY
PARTIES THIS SEASON.
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE
SCULPTURES LIKE YOU'VE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE.
>> THE WAY WE CARVED IS A
COMBINATION OF OLD-SCHOOL CRAFT
WITH HAND TOOLS, CHISELS
AND SAWS, PLUS THE POWER TOOL
CHAINSAWS AND DRILLS.
>> FROM BEARS AND SWANS TO
CARS, STAR WARS, EVEN A LIFE
SIZE CHESS BOARD.
IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT,
SHINTARO OKAMOTO CAN CARVE IT.
>> WE'VE DONE FURNITURE MADE OF
ICE.
PORTRAIT REPLICAS, PRODUCTS AND
DESIGNS.
>> EVERY DAY THE STUDIO TURNS
OUT WORKS OF ART MADE COMPLETELY
FROM ICE FOR CLIENTS WITH
HOUSEHOLD NAMES LIKE MARTHA
STEWART, UNIQLO AND PORSCHE.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE CARVED FROM
ONE SOLID BLOCK, SOMETIMES IT IS
SEVERAL PIECES FUSED TOGETHER BY
SLIGHTLY MELTING THE ICE AND
LETTING PHYSICS WORK ITS MAGIC.
THESE CONVERSATION PIECES BEGIN
AS A BLOCK OF FROZEN WATER.
OKAMOTO MAKES ITS OWN ICE.
IT TAKES THREE OR FOUR DAYS TO
CREATE A GIANT ICE CUBE THAT
STANDS FOUR FEET TALL AND
WEIGHS ABOUT 300 POUNDS.
FIRST, OKAMOTO ETCHES OUT
THE SKETCH.
LIKE MELTED BUTTER, THE CHAINSAW
CUTS, MOLDS AND FINALLY
TRANSFORMS THE FROZEN MASS
INTO WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED
AS A COOL PIECE OF ART.
>> WORKING WITH EPHEMERAL
MATERIAL LIKE ICE KIND OF FALLS
IN A REALM OF SOMETHING CLOSE TO
PERFORMANCE ART.
>> OKAMOTO CREDITS HIS TALENT TO
HIS FATHER, A SUSHI CHEF FROM
JAPAN.
HE DISCOVERED A PASSION FOR ICE
ART WHILE PURSUING HIS DAY JOB.
HE WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS
CRAFT THAT HE MOVED HIS FAMILY
TO ALASKA.
>> I REMEMBER ONE WINTER DAY, HE
TOOK US TO A FROZEN LAKE AND
PULLED A BLOCK OF ICE OUT AND
HE SCULPTED A SWAN.
HE GAVE IT TO A FRIEND FOR A BIG
HOUSE PARTY.
>> AT FIRST, ICE CARVING WAS A
WAY FOR HIM TO SPEND TIME WITH
HIS DAD.
SOON HE WAS HOOKED AND THEY
ENTERED COMPETITIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IN THE 90'S, THEY WOULD SET UP
SHOP IN QUEENS, THEY CARVED
THEIR WAY THROUGH THE HEART AND
HEARTS OF NEW YORK CITY.
THE EARLIEST RECORD OF ICE
MAKING DATES BACK TO 600 BC,
WHEN THE WARRIOR FARMERS OF
NORTHWEST CHINA FLOODED THEIR
FIELDS IN THE WINTER AND HARVEST
THE ICE FOR THE SUMMER.
IN THE 1600S, HUNTERS AND
FISHERMEN ALONG THE RUSSIAN
BORDER WOULD CARVED ICE LANTERNS
FOR DARK WINTER NIGHTS.
THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL ICE
AND SNOW FESTIVAL THAT DRAWS
THOUSANDS OF ARTISTS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD.
DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECT, ICE
CREATIONS CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM
AN HOUR TO AN ENTIRE DAY AND
MORE, AS IN THE CASE OF THIS
REPLICA OF AN ELEPHANT.
WHILE THESE CARVINGS STAND TALL
AND PROUD FOR MANY HOURS,
EVENTUALLY, IT MELTS INTO A
PUDDLE OF WATER.
TRUE TO HIS ASIAN UPBRINGING,
OKAMOTO IS PHILOSOPHICAL,
AMOST ZEN, IN THE TEMPORARY
NATURE OF HIS CRAFT.
>> WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING AWAY RIGHT IN
FRONT OF YOU, I THINK MAKES
THAT MOMENT THAT MUCH
MORE PRECIOUS.
THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MEMORY
AND PRESENCE AND TIME, THAT
IS CLEARLY ART OF ITS OWN.
I'M MINNIE ROH FOR ASIAN
AMERICAN LIFE.
>> IT'S TOUGH ENOUGH TO PICK
OUT JUST THE RIGHT OUTFIT
TO MATCH YOUR SHOES OR
THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE.
IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD PUT ON A
JACKET IF YOU CAN'T USE YOUR
ARMS. OR A PAIR OF PANTS IF
YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
WELL SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST
CREATIVE MINDS ARE
TACKLING THOSE CHALLENGES
DESIGNING ACCESSIBLE CLOTHES
FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES.
IRENE HAS BEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR
FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER A CAR
ACCIDENT LEFT HER PARTIALLY
PARALYZED.
>> I SUFFERED A SPINAL CORD
INJURY.
THAT PARALYZED ME FROM THE WAIST
DOWN.
I AM FULL-TIME WHEELCHAIR.
IT'S BEEN A BIG ADJUSTMENT.
BEING THAT IT'S A DISABILITY,
THERE ARE A LOT OF ASPECTS OF
LIFE WHERE I HAVEN'T QUITE
FIGURED OUT THE PHYSICAL ASPECTS
OF THE DISABILITY AS WELL AS
WHERE DO I MENTALLY AND
ETHICALLY STAND IN TERMS OF
BEING A YOUNG DISABLED ASIAN
WOMAN?
>> FOR ONCE ACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN,
THE ADJUSTMENT HAS NOT BEEN
EASY.
ONE OF THE DAILY CHALLENGES IS
NOT ONLY THE MECHANICS OF
GETTING DRESSED, BUT HAVING TO
COMPROMISE HER SENSE OF STYLE.
>> I USED TO LIKE WEARING
MINISKIRTS AND LONG BLAZERS.
I CAN'T REALLY WEAR THOSE THINGS
BECAUSE IF THE SKIRT IS TOO
SHORT THEN EVERYONE CAN
LOOK RIGHT UP MY SKIRT.
IF MY BLAZER IS TOO LONG, IT
WILL GET CAUGHT IN THE WHEELS.
>> LAST YEAR, A FRIEND CONNECTED
HER WITH A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION CALLED OPEN STYLE
LAB, THEY MAKE FASHIONABLE
AND ACCESSIBLE CLOTHES
FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH
DISABILITIES.
>> IF STYLE IS A BARRIER TO
YOUR GREATER INDEPENDENCE
AND YOUR SELF EXPRESSION, THOSE
ARE THE CHALLENGES WE ARE
TRYING TO LOOK AT. TO BE MORE
INNOVATIVE ABOUT.
>> GRACE JUN IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF OPEN STYLE LAB
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARSONS
SCHOOL OF DESIGN WHERE
SHE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
FASHION.
SHE RUNS A 10 WEEK PROGRAM THAT
BRINGS TOGETHER CREATIVE PROBLEM
SOLVERS FROM DIFFERENT
INDUSTRIES TO COLLABORATE ON
MAKING STYLISH AND FUNCTIONAL
CLOTHES FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES.
>> IT'S BEEN AN ADVENTURE TO
FIND PEOPLE WHO CAN STEP OUT OF
THEIR COMFORT ZONE AND SHARE
THEIR SKILLS IN AN
INTERDISCIPLINARY WAY.
FOR AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST TO
WORK WITH THE DESIGNER AS
WELL AS A MATERIAL SCIENTIST TO
WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO IS
IN PHYSICAL THERAPY.
>> THEY CREATED A PAIR OF GOLD
TINTED PANTS FOR IRENE WITH
HIDDEN ZIPPERS DOWN THE SIDE.
>> I WANTED TO HAVE A PAIR OF
PANTS.
I WANTED TO UNDRESS AND DRESS
EASILY IN MY CHAIR.
IT BECAME A TOOL FOR ME TO HAVE
ONE LESS HUGE THING TO WORRY
ABOUT WHEN I WANT TO GO OUT WITH
MY FRIENDS OR VISIT A MUSEUM.
IT REALLY LIBERATED ME IN A LOT
OF WAYS.
>> THIS YEAR, OPEN STYLE LAB
COLLABORATED WITH RIVERSIDE
REHAB, WHERE MANY PATIENTS HAVE
DIFFERENT DISABILITIES BASED ON
AGING.
>> WE SEE AGING AS PART OF THE
HUMAN LIFECYCLE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT AGE YOU ARE,
IT SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED TO THE
PRODUCTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
YOU OUTSIDE THE MARKET SCOPE.
EDUCATIONALLY, WE CAN CHANGE THE
MINDSETS WHEN WE ARE DEALING
WITH SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST
DESIGNERS HERE.
>> IRENE HAS JOINED THE OPEN
STYLE LAB TEAM AS MANAGING
EDITOR, CONTRIBUTING HER SKILLS
AS A WRITER AND EDITOR TO
ADVOCATE AGAINST THE STIGMA
FACED BY PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
A CONDITION AFFECTS NEARLY 40
MILLION AMERICANS, ABOUT 12% OF
THE POPULATION.
>> IT'S NOT JUST AN EXPERIENCE
SOMEONE ELSE'S GOING THROUGH.
IT IS SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD
BE COGNIZANT OF, EVEN IF THEY
DON'T EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS OF
HAVING A DISABILITY OR KNOWING
SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM WITH A
DISABILITY.
>> THERE IS A HUGE MARKET THAT
IS UNDERSERVED.
SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS GONE
THROUGH AN INJURY OR SURGERY OR
YOU HAVE AN ELDERLY IN THE
FAMILY.
MOST OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE
SEEN THAT ARE RELATED TO
PRODUCTS OR CLOTHES ARE VERY
RELATED TO JUSY LIFE AND
THE THINGS WE GO THROUGH.
>> GRACE JUN SAYS
SHE HOPES THE OPEN STYLE
LAB CHANGES THE CONVERSATION TO
MAKE MORE BUSINESSES AND
INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND THE
OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR PEOPLE OF
ALL ABILITIES.
I'M KYUNG YOON FOR ASIAN
AMERICAN LIFE.
>> THE TRIAL CHALLENGING
HARVARD'S ADMISSION POLICY
LASTED THREE WEEKS IN OCTOBER.
THE TRIAL IS FAR FROM OVER.
THE PLAINTIFFS, STUDENTS FOR
FAIR ADMISSION, SAY HARVARD
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST
ASIAN-AMERICANS.
HARVARD SAID RACE IS ONE OF MANY
THINGS THEY LOOK AT WHEN
ADMITTING STUDENTS.
JEANNIE PARK,
PRESIDENT OF THE HARVARD ASIAN
AMERICAN ALUMNI ALLIANCE WAS AT
THE TRIAL.
>> BEING IN THE COURT ROOM AND
SEEING MUCH OF THE TRIAL MADE
IT EVEN CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE
MISSION IS, THEY WANT TO END
RACE CONSCIOUS ADMISSIONS.
THAT IS THE REMEDY THEY HAVE
ASKED FOR IN THEIR LAWSUIT.
THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT HARVARD
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST ASIAN
AMERICANS.
WHAT THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR
IS AN END TO RACE CONSCIOUS
ADMISSIONS.
>> WHAT WAS NOTABLE WAS WHO WAS
MISSING.
>> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS
WAS THE PLAINTIFFS WERE NOWHERE
TO BE SEEN.
THEY DID NOT TESTIFY.
HE DID NOT TESTIFY.
THEY WERE NOT NAMED.
THEIR APPLICATION FILES WERE NOT
PUT FORWARD.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHETHER
THEY HAVE A VALID CLAIM OF
DISCRIMINATION.
>> WE NEVER SAW THE STUDENTS
WHO CLAIMED THEY WERE
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
THEY WERE GOING TO REMAIN
ANONYMOUS, BUT WE NEVER HEARD
FROM THEM OR THE IMPACT OF THE
LAWSUIT ON THEM.
WE JUST HEARD FROM ATTORNEYS AND
STATISTICIANS ABOUT THEIR
MODELS.
>> NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY
CARA MCLELLAN DELIVERED THE
CLOSING REMARKS AT THE TRIAL.
SHE SAID ANONYMOUS PLAINTIFFS
ARE UNUSUAL.
>> WHAT WOULD COMPEL SOMEBODY
NOT TO BE WILLING TO COME
FORWARD AND SPEAK ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE IF THEY FEEL SO
STRONGLY TO BRING A LAWSUIT.
>> EVEN THE MAN WHO LED THE
LAWSUIT AGAINST HARVARD
DID NOT TESTIFY.
THIS IS SFFA PRESIDENT ED BLOOM
APPEARING ON FOXNEWS.
>> COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS
AND BUREAUCRATS AND
ADMISSIONS OFFICERS ARE WED
TO THE IDEA THAT YOUR RACE
SHOULD BE USED TO HELP YOU OR
YOUR RACE SHOULD BE USED TO HARM
YOU IN YOUR ADMISSIONS PROCESS.
>> ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS MAKE
UP 22% OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE HARVARD
STUDENT BODY ARE PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
SEVERAL TESTIFIED AT THE TRIAL.
>> THEY TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING PEOPLE OF
ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF
BACKGROUNDS IN THEIR CLASSES.
SOME OF THEM DID NOT HAVE HIGH
SCORES, BUT THE ADMISSIONS
OFFICE SAW SOMETHING IN THAT
FILE.
THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAKE
THEM WONDERFUL STUDENTS AND
FUTURE LEADERS.
>> DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS
ATTENDED TRIAL AND SO
THAT WAS PALPABLE.
ON SOME DAYS, THERE WAS STANDING
ROOM IN THE BACK OF THE COURT.
IT WAS PACKED.
SOME DAYS, THERE WERE OVERFLOW
ROOMS BECAUSE OF SUCH A STRONG
TURNOUT OF STUDENTS WANTING TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT.
THEY WANTED TO BE PRESENT AND BE
A WITNESS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> THERE IS A HISTORICAL TACTIC
TO PIT MINORITIES AGAINST EACH
OTHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
MAJORITY AND THOSE WHO HOLD
PRIVILEGE.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF YOU
ELIMINATE RACE CONSCIOUS
ADMISSIONS THE BENEFICIARIES ARE
THOSE WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
PRIVILEGED IN ADMISSIONS AND NOT
THE ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND
STUDENTS OF COLOR.
>> A COURT JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE A DECISION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, MANY
PREDICT THIS MAY GO ALL THE WAY
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSION DID
NOT RETURN TO OUR REQUESTS
TO INTERVIEW ASIAN AMERICAN
PLAINTIFFS THEY REPRESENT.
IF YOU ARE ASIAN-AMERICAN, WHO
BELIEVES THE IVY LEAGUE
ADMISSIONS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
YOU, WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO.
HIT US UP ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
AT ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE.
THIS IS RAYNER RAMIREZ.
>> I'M MINNIE ROH.
THIS MAY LOOK LIKE AN ORDINARY
BOTTLE OF APPLE CIDER.
PRESSED IN ONE OF THE MANY
APPLE ORCHARDS THAT YOU CAN
FIND IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
IN THIS BOTTLE LIES A DEEPER
STORY ABOUT LOST TRADITIONS, NEW
BEGINNINGS, AND A THIRST TO
BRING THE ART OF MAKING CIDER TO
THE BIG APPLE AND BEYOND.
DEEP IN THIS COUNTRY SIDE IN NEW
PALTZ, NEW YORK, A QUIET
REVIVAL IS BREWING.
>> IT'S SUPERNATURAL.
IT'S THE MOST NATURAL ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR
BODY.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT APPLE
CIDER, BUT NOT THE KIND YOU CAN
FIND ON SUPERMARKET SHELVES.
BROOKLYN CIDER HOUSE FOUNDER
PETER YI MAKES HARD APPLE
CIDER THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
FRUIT HAND-PICKED AND FERMENTED.
>> I HAVE TRIED HUNDREDS OF
CIDERS.
IT WASN'T REALLY EXCITING TO ME.
>> FOR 25 YEARS, YI WAS
A WINE TASTER AND THOUGHT HE
HAD HIT THE CAREER JACKPOT.
>> I MET INCREDIBLE PRODUCERS
AND DRINK THE VERY BEST WINE.
>> IT WAS ON ONE OF THOSE TRIPS
TO SPAIN WHEN HE STUMBLED ACROSS
APPLE CIDER.
THAT'S WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENED.
>> WHEN I PUT THAT GLASS TO
MY LIPS, IT WAS LIFE-CHANGING.
IT TOOK ME A SECOND TO REALIZE
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
>> YI WAS SO INSPIRED THAT HE
QUIT HIS JOB, CONVINCED HIS
SISTER TO QUIT HER JOB AS A
TEACHER, AND THEY PLUNGED INTO
THE CIDER MAKING BUSINESS.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEW
YORKERS AND AMERICANS HAVEN'T
SEEN.
IT FITS PERFECTLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE
INTO THINGS THAT ARE VERY
NATURAL, RAW.
>> CIDER IS THE OLDEST ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE KNOWN TO MANKIND.
THE ANCIENT ROMANS DRANK IT
AS DID THE SETTLERS TO THIS
COUNTRY.
IT WAS MORE POPULAR THAN BEER OR
WATER, WHICH WAS UNSAFE TO
DRINK.
MOST BACKYARDS HAD AN APPLE TREE
OR TWO.
THEN DURING PROHIBITION, APPLE
TREES WERE CUT DOWN.
ORCHARDS BEGAN PLANTING SWEET
APPLES THAT WERE BETTER SUITED
FOR EATING.
WHEN YI WENT SEARCHING FOR HIS
CIDER APPLES, HE WAS
HARD-PRESSED TO FIND WHAT
HE NEEDED.
>> WE KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
CAN WE GET SOME CIDER APPLES.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
NO ONE HAD THESE APPLES.
WE HAD TO PLANT BECAUSE
WE COULD NOT FIND THEM.
WE NOW HAVE 8000 TREES DEVOTED
TO JUST CIDER VARIETIES.
>> AS A KOREAN AMERICAN, WHO
GREW UP EATING KIMCHI AND
FERMENTED SOY BEAN PASTE PLUS
HIS YEARS WORKING IN THE WINE
INDUSTRY, YI WAS FAMILIAR WITH
FERMENTATION AND ITS PROCESS.
JUST LIKE GRAPES FOR WINE, THE
APPLES ARE HARVESTED FROM THE
ORCHARD, PRESSED, AND BROUGHT TO
HIS RESTAURANT IN BROOKLYN WHERE
IT SPENDS SIX MONTHS IN
FERMENTATION TANKS AND
TRANSFERRED TO WOODEN BARRELS
IMPORTED FROM SPAIN FOR THE
FINAL STEP.
TELL ME ABOUT THESE BARRELS.
>> THEY ARE 80-YEAR-OLD CHESTNUT
BARRELS.
THEY HAVE BEEN USED FOR ALL OF
THE 80 YEARS FOR CIDER
PRODUCTION.
IT SPENDS ABOUT YEAR OF ITS LIFE
IN THE BARRELS.
THIS IS WHERE THE CIDER GETS TO
REST.
>> AT THE BROOKLYN CIDER HOUSE
DINERS PARTAKE IN THE VAST
REGION SITE EXPERIENCE.
IN BETWEEN FOOD COURSES, THE TAP
IS OPENED.
GUESTS CAN CATCH THE CIDER
STRAIGHT FROM THE BARREL.
INTERACTIVE FUN ASIDE, ONE OF
THE QUALITIES HE LOVES ABOUT
HARD APPLE CIDER IS ITS ABILITY
TO PAIR WITH VIRTUALLY ANY FOOD
GROUP.
>> IT GOES WITH SALAD, FISH,
LAMB, BEEF, VIETNAMESE, MEXICAN.
TELL ME YOU ONE WINE THAT CAN
WORK WITH ALL OF THE FOODS I
JUST MENTIONED.
I CAN PICK OUT ONE BOTTLE OF
CIDER AND IT WILL WORK WELL WITH
ALL OF THAT.
>> APPLES ARE A NATURAL
DIGESTIVE.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING IN
FERMENTED APPLES
THAT ACTUALLY HELPS YOUR
DIGESTION.
EVEN IF IT'S VERY FATTY, IT AIDS
YOUR DIGESTION SYSTEM.
IT DOES FEEL DIFFERENT.
>> THEY SAY THEY KNOW IT COULD
BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THE PUBLIC
PERCEPTION OF APPLE CIDER AS A
HIGHLY CARBONATED DRINK IS
ERASED.
THEY ARE DETERMINED TO
RESTORE HARD APPLE CIDERS
REPUTATION AS THE OLDEST AND
MOST FAVORED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE,
ONE GLASS AT A TIME.
AS THE SAYING GOES, AN APPLE
A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
I WILL DRINK TO THAT.
I'M MINNIE ROH FOR ASIAN
AMERICAN LIFE.
>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR NOW.
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT PROGRAM
AT THE WHITNEY.
IT'LL BE UP UNTIL APRIL 2019.
I'M ERNABEL DEMILLO.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE.
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