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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.13,0:00:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Cambodian music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.06,0:00:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DONUT PEOPLE]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.49,0:00:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Samoeurn Phan]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.99,0:00:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Affectionately known as\NPou Sam (Uncle Sam)]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.26,0:00:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sam has opened over 20 donut shops\Nfor Cambodian families across Houston.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.04,0:00:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Uncle Sam) Well, when I came here in 1994
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.97,0:00:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat one donut you didn't realize\Nhow much work goes into one donut
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.100,0:00:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you actually go into\Ndoing the donuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.78,0:00:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it takes quite a bit\Njust to make one donut.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.15,0:01:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I start off by finding a location.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.65,0:01:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I find a location,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.45,0:01:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get a family that needs a donut shop \Nto go to look at the location,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.60,0:01:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they like it,\Nwe negotiate the price,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.19,0:01:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if the price is right,\NI build it for them and turn them the key.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.60,0:01:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, most of them\Nalready know how to make donuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.66,0:01:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They work for a family member,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.04,0:01:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, they've already worked\Nfor like two, three or five years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.94,0:01:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save up the money\Nto start up the business.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.90,0:01:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Chandara Meas\NOwner of Snowflake Donuts, Galveston]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.68,0:01:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cambodian Immigrant]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.97,0:01:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chandara Meas) That's what I'm saying,\Nwhen I came to the States,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.24,0:01:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have no relatives in here,\NI don't speak that much English,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.90,0:01:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gotta start to learn English
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.63,0:01:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start to work to support myself...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.45,0:01:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't have chance\Nto go back to college,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.62,0:01:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I end up at a donut shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.67,0:01:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most Cambodians who take us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.36,0:01:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they own a donut shop, \Nthey run a donut business...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.40,0:02:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, you know, it's hard to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.67,0:02:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not many people want to do that job\Nas I'm doing right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.03,0:02:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Countless Cambodians were tortured]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.30,0:02:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and more than a million were killed]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.58,0:02:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.24,0:02:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[More than a million Cambodians fled\Nand became refugees.]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.44,0:02:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From 1975 to 1979,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.78,0:02:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's Khmer Rouge ran by Pol Pot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.45,0:02:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time I was 10 years old...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.28,0:02:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember the torture,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.94,0:02:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lot of people died \Nby starving and sickness...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.66,0:02:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of [the time] \Nthey were killing people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.66,0:02:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.93,0:02:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was the worst thing \Nthat happened in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.86,0:02:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most Cambodians escaped from the war \Nin 1981after the Khmer Rouge regime,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.86,0:02:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they started to come here,\Npeople don't speak that much English,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.41,0:02:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's why they started\Nworking at donut shops
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.71,0:03:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because most of them what they do \Nare family business --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.71,0:03:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my wife's nephew.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.53,0:03:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just came to the USA last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.16,0:03:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came in a special case\Nthat they call "Lottery Visa".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.33,0:03:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a lucky one \Nthat won a lottery green card.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.60,0:03:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The business we just opened--\Nit is kind of slow, it's brand new.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.81,0:03:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully, we can stay for a long time\Nuntil we get some profit...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.24,0:03:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take care of my family, my kids...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.20,0:03:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to school, go to college...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.61,0:03:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a beautiful kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.34,0:03:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, if you work for a company,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.48,0:03:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a different schedule\Nthan the donut people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.11,0:03:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the donut people,\Nwe wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.26,0:03:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll be done by 12:00 or 1:00 pm,\Nand take a couple-of-hours-nap,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.63,0:03:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, get together\Nand then, go to sleep, and wake up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.98,0:04:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go to make some more donuts!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.08,0:04:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(man singing Karaoke in Cambodian)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.74,0:04:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tao Ngo Vietnamese Restaurant\NNorth Houston]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.56,0:04:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Cambodian Karaoke Party]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.51,0:04:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(end of singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.16,0:04:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, we like to get together\Nbecause, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.25,0:04:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we work seven days a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.36,0:04:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of us wake up at 1:00 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.88,0:04:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of us wake up at 2:00 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.88,0:04:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of us at 3:00 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.41,0:04:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we work seven days a week,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.28,0:04:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, this is the only fun we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.76,0:04:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cambodian music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.98,0:04:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say 95% of the donut shops\Nin Texas, not just in Houston,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.40,0:04:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Texas is Cambodian people owned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.18,0:05:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One one-big -family, that's all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.93,0:05:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cambodian music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.86,0:05:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Second Generation Donut Shop Owner]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.33,0:05:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Roth's parents, sisters, aunts,]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.90,0:05:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[and uncles all own donut shops.]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.28,0:05:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents bought the store in 1994.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.66,0:05:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would always bring us on weekends\Nbecause we have school on weekdays.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.11,0:05:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really dread waking up on the weekend\Njust to come make donut, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.81,0:05:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told me one day\NI'm going to own my business
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.78,0:05:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I kind of say\NI didn't want to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.33,0:06:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not my first choice\Nof what I really wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.44,0:06:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, going to school\Nwhat I really wanted to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.65,0:06:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to experience that life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I woke up and I realized\NI didn't want to work for somebody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.58,0:06:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called my mom and I told her\NI wanted to come back home
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.91,0:06:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try this again,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.14,0:06:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was very excited,\Nvery happy for me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.60,0:06:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can kind of woke up\Nand I wanted to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.53,0:06:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get up at 4:00 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.99,0:06:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my sisters get up\Nat around 2 - 2:30 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.73,0:06:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're closer to the plant\Nso they wake up earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.89,0:06:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to the plant and--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.33,0:06:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fortunately to have\Na little bit of both,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.18,0:06:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can stay in bed a little longer\Nand they can--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.88,0:06:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I first got to Houston\NI didn't know--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.21,0:06:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought my family was the only one\Nthat was doing donuts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.80,0:06:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I come to find out that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.90,0:07:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of Cambodian people\Nhave done this way before we have...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.85,0:07:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's like a community\Nof helping out each other, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.01,0:07:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, people were telling each other\Nwhat can make you successful
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.61,0:07:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't think anybody\Nwas envious of each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.25,0:07:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just wanted to see our culture succeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.30,0:07:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the donut business \Nis where it started
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.60,0:07:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of these Cambodian cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.74,0:07:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's definitely a dream
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.11,0:07:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a lot of people want\Nwhen they are in Cambodia,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.83,0:07:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have their own place, back in Cambodia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.41,0:07:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a fast-pace life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.71,0:07:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day is a struggle to find\Nmoney and food for the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.69,0:07:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made me realized\Nwhat I have out here in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.03,0:07:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As hard as I work down here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.33,0:07:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that they work harder over there\Nto make a small living.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.11,0:07:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first place when I came,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.81,0:07:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the one along with Donald's Donut\Non el Dorado in Webster.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.41,0:07:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I preach it out to\NYankee Doodle Donuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.60,0:08:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's when I met David\Non the El Dorado store.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.80,0:08:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was teaching him since he was young.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.45,0:08:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I taught him probably \Nabout five years, I believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.01,0:08:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Houston coffee entrepreneur.]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.93,0:08:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Spent high school with Sam & Roth\Nworking in the Ouch family donut shop.]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.48,0:08:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David Buehrer) My name is David Buehrer\Nand this is Morningstar.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.11,0:08:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Uncle Sam) Most of the time\NI don't ask for help, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.43,0:08:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It surprises me it came up from David
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.81,0:08:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to ask me to get into \Na business partnership with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.54,0:08:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David B.) This is the first I'd learned with--
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.60,0:08:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in high school\Nwas how to roll {\i1}kolaches{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.100,0:08:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Sam's family \Nthey would let me roll a {\i1}kolache{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.38,0:08:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would immediately\Nunroll the {\i1}kolache{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.31,0:08:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they would roll it again\Nto make sure it was perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.10,0:08:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for like the first three \Nor four months of me working there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.41,0:08:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they never served any of my {\i1}kolaches{\i0}.\N(chuckles)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.19,0:08:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day they just saw one of them\Nand decided it was okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.85,0:09:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from then on, \Nthey let me roll {\i1}kolaches{\i0} for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.75,0:09:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it took like months
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.51,0:09:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they even serve \None of the {\i1}kolaches{\i0} that I rolled.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.78,0:09:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shows the attention to details\Non level of quality
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.100,0:09:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe, I just needed to learn more,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.31,0:09:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it took months to roll \Nthe {\i1}kolaches{\i0} with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.96,0:09:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David B.) One of the things\Nwe wanted to do with Morningtar
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.95,0:09:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is bring in the technique that we learned\Nfrom the Cambodian donut shops
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.50,0:09:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apply it to the foodie nature\Nthat specialty copy exists in.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.10,0:09:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lot of bartenders, and chefs,\Nand sommelier friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.03,0:09:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of our donuts \Nare inspired by them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.41,0:09:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, at one point in high school\NI was driving at two in the morning
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.80,0:09:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go and learn how to make donuts\Nin Magnolia, Texas, with Sam.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.45,0:09:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, an hour back,\Nand then go to school by 7:30, so...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.60,0:09:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you do what you gotta do to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.11,0:09:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sam P.) In the nineties, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.68,0:09:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's when the donuts started here\Nin Houston by the Cambodian community
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.18,0:10:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to now is a long time to me...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.48,0:10:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel like it needs change,\Nit needs some time to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.88,0:10:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sam P.) And then, \Nall of a sudden one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.83,0:10:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he called me {\i1}pou{\i0}, \Nwhich is Cambodian for uncle,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.60,0:10:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Would you like to do\Na donut shop and a coffee together?",
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.30,0:10:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Sure", but, you know,\NI never expected it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.01,0:10:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the future, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.66,0:10:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the new generations\Nthey know that I own the store
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.73,0:10:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want to do something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.71,0:10:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to do\Nthe same thing every day, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.30,0:10:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially, because I've been doing it\Nfor almost 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.83,0:10:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're doing the same thing every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.28,0:10:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to me, I wouldn't want to go back\Nand do the same shop
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.93,0:10:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a mom-and-pop shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.28,0:10:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the shop that I want to do \Nas the next one...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.96,0:11:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next one, and the next one...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.45,0:11:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have no idea \Nwhat goes into a single donut here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.48,0:11:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English subtitles by\NJenny Lam-Chowdhury