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Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
Directed by Eugene Yi, Julie Ha
Overview
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
Length 83 minutes
Actors
Chol Soo Lee | Sebastian Yoon | Ranko Yamada | K.W. Lee | Jeff Adachi | David Kakishiba | Jay Kun Yoo | Grace Kim | Warren Furutani | Leonard Weinglass | Josiah “Tink” Thompson | Gail Whang | Jai Lee Wong | Mike Suzuki | Me Yea Lee | Leonard Tauman | Tony Serra | Stuart Hanlon | Frank Falzon | Sandra Gin | Sung Soo Yoo | Richard Kim