Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
Jinyoung Lee, producer and director of "Songs of Love Hawaii," spoke with The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about her film that explores the story of the first Korean immigrants in Hawaiʻi.