Free Chol Soo Lee
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.
Year: 2022
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Studio: XTR, ITVS, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
Cast: Chol Soo Lee, Sebastian Yoon, Ranko Yamada, K.W. Lee, Jeff Adachi, David Kakishiba
Crew: Julie Ha (Director), Eugene Yi (Director), Jean Tsien (Editor), Aldo Velasco (Editor), Kathryn Everett (Executive Producer), Sally Jo Fifer (Executive Producer)
Runtime: 83 minutes
Release: Aug 12, 2022
IMDb: 7.30/10 by 12 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English, Español, 한국어/조선말
Budget: 0
Revenue: 50
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