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Free Chol Soo Lee
directed by Eugene Yi
20221h 23m★ 7.3
DocumentaryCrime
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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.
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Chol Soo Lee
Self (archive footage)
S
Sebastian Yoon
Narrator (voice)
R
Ranko Yamada
Self - Friend; Defense Committee
K
K.W. Lee
Self - Investigative Reporter
Jeff Adachi
Self - Activist
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David Kakishiba
Self - Activist
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Jay Kun Yoo
Self - Chair, Defense Committee
G
Grace Kim
Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
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Director
Eugene Yi
Language
EN
Box Office
$50,083
