Pixar's new film,

new film elemental is a family story and a love story and yes it's about fire

and water and how they come together full of the studio's usual imaginative visuals.

It also dives into the experience of a family of immigrants who sometimes find it tough to be

who they are when they're shut out of parts of their own community.

I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about elemental on pop culture happy hour from NPR.

Joining me today is Nicky Birch. She's a video producer for NPR's Jazz Night in America

and also a co-host of the podcast A Thousand Eyes and One. Welcome to the show Niggi. Hey, happy to be here. And also here is

NPR Culture Desk correspondent Chloe Veltman. Hi Chloe.

Hi, it's great to be here and rounding out the panel is

Tasha Robinson she's the film and streaming editor for Vox Media's

entertainment site Polygon and one of the hosts of the next picture show

podcast welcome back.

Thank you. It feels like it's been a while, but what is time?

Absolutely what is time?

Elemental is about Amber whose parents arrived in Element City

as immigrants from Fireland, and have raised her

in their fire shop, known, of course, as the fireplace.

Amber is preparing to take over the shop someday from her father but one day a

mishap brings her together with Wade a water person get a Wade who immediately

becomes fond of her the two become unlikely friends as they try to solve some

problems with local bureaucracy and they eventually fall in love, but can a fire person

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