Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)

Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)

2022-08-12 United States of America 83 Min. PG-13
7.4 11 votes

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.

Cast

Chol Soo Lee is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Sebastian Yoon is Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Ranko Yamada is Self - Friend; Defense Committee
Self - Friend; Defense Committee
K.W. Lee is Self - Investigative Reporter
Self - Investigative Reporter
Jeff Adachi is Self - Activist
Self - Activist
David Kakishiba is Self - Activist
Self - Activist
Jay Kun Yoo is Self - Chair, Defense Committee
Self - Chair, Defense Committee
Grace Kim is Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
Warren Furutani is Self - L.A. Defense Committee
Self - L.A. Defense Committee
Leonard Weinglass is Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Josiah “Tink” Thompson is Self - Private Investigator
Self - Private Investigator
Gail Whang is Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
Self - Bay Area Defense Committee

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