Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
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.
- Released
- 2022-08-12
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Eugene Yi, Julie Ha
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 16 votes
Cast
- Chol Soo Lee as Self (archive footage)
- Sebastian Yoon as Narrator (voice)
- Ranko Yamada as Self - Friend; Defense Committee
- K.W. Lee as Self - Investigative Reporter
- Jeff Adachi as Self - Activist
- David Kakishiba as Self - Activist
- Jay Kun Yoo as Self - Chair, Defense Committee
- Grace Kim as Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
- Warren Furutani as Self - L.A. Defense Committee
- Leonard Weinglass as Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
- Josiah “Tink” Thompson as Self - Private Investigator
- Gail Whang as Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
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