About a Bowshot Away
Special | 14m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Atlanta teen Hayun dreams of becoming an Olympic archer, so her parents make sacrifices to help.
Hayun is an archery prodigy. She has a special passion for archery and dreams of becoming an Olympic archer someday. Determined to support her, her father, Jaemin, steps in. Meanwhile, Hayun’s mother, Jinmi, starts working outside the home to support her daughter's dream. Now, archery is at the center of their lives and together they will stop at nothing until Hayun becomes an Olympic archer.
Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.
About a Bowshot Away
Special | 14m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Hayun is an archery prodigy. She has a special passion for archery and dreams of becoming an Olympic archer someday. Determined to support her, her father, Jaemin, steps in. Meanwhile, Hayun’s mother, Jinmi, starts working outside the home to support her daughter's dream. Now, archery is at the center of their lives and together they will stop at nothing until Hayun becomes an Olympic archer.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[mother speaking in Korean] [insects chirping] [bow creaks] [bow twangs] [gentle music] - Sometimes it's kind of calming.
It's fun, shooting.
[arrow thuds] [machine beeping] [bow twangs] [audience cheering] - [Audience Member] Yes!
[audience clapping] [father speaking in Korean] [tranquil music] [tranquil music continues] [bow twanging] [father speaking in Korean] [Hayun speaking in Korean] - Mm.
Elbow.
[bow twangs] [father speaking in Korean] Expand.
Shooting.
[bow twanging] - When I shoot the tongue, one, checking my grip and stuff, and be relaxed.
Number two, don't put the bow too high because it won't, like, balance.
Number three.
So I just aim on the center, and then I click, and then I shoot.
[bow twangs] That's how I get a 10.
But that kind of happens rarely.
So.
[bright piano music] [mother speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [Hayun speaking in Korean] [Hayun laughs] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother continues speaking in Korean] [mother continues speaking in Korean] [arrows thudding] - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.0, 0.
[father speaking in Korean] [bow twanging] [father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] [flame whirring] [father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] - Uh-huh.
[bow twangs] [father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother continues speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] [gentle music] [gentle music continues] [Hayun speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [Hayun speaking in Korean] [father and Hayun laughing] [Hayun speaking in Korean] [father and Hayun laughing] [Hayun speaking in Korean] [bow twangs] [father speaking in Korean] Center.
[speaking in Korean] [bow twangs] - I have a goal I wanna achieve so bad.
Like, going to the Olympics and then meet, like, the professionals, like, the archer professionals from the YouTube, and then be one of the youngest to beat them.
But for now, in cadet, since I'm going to cadet, to be the youngest and the best.
Like, at least top 10.
That's my goal.
[gentle upbeat music] [father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] [gentle upbeat music] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother continues speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother continues speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [mother laughs] [father laughs] [mother speaking in Korean] - Team.
Team.
Teamwork, you know?
[laughs] Teamwork, teamwork.
[father speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother and father laugh] [gentle music] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother laughs] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother continues speaking in Korean] [gentle music] [gentle music continues] - [Father] What time is your check-in time?
- [Coordinator] Four o'clock.
- Four o'clock.
I'll be there after 10, so it should be good.
- All right, sounds good.
- Okay, thank you.
I'm just calling to confirm my reservation.
- That's fine.
- Thank you.
[father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [mother continues speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] [father speaking in Korean] [mother speaking in Korean] - I'm excited and a little bit nervous.
I'm a little bit nervous because it's a tournament.
[gentle music] - There is a lot of competitors.
My daughter's been doing archery for a couple of years.
It's always kind of a scary thing in the back- - Oh, nice.
- 'cause you want her to do well.
- That's nice.
- And then if, you know, things don't turn out the way she wants it to turn out, then it's always a downer, so.
- [Interviewer] What does archery mean to your daughter?
- [chuckles] Everything.
It's all she thinks about.
You ask her what she loves, that's gonna be her first reaction, is archery.
[gentle upbeat music] - [Coordinator] We're good here.
- [Hayun] 5.5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
[machine beeping] - [Audience Member] Yeah!
[audience member speaking in foreign language] [machine beeps] [gentle music] - I wish I can tell you why, but I just like it.
I mean, I just love archery.
[father speaking in Korean] [bow twangs] [father speaking in Korean] [father continues speaking in Korean] [gentle music] - [Participant] Is he over there?
- [Participant] Yes.
- I know, like, him being a coach, it's not gonna last any longer.
But I still hope he can still be my coach as long as he can.
[gentle music] - Nice one!
Yeah.
[gentle uplifting music] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ambient music]
Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.