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Free Chol Soo Lee
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Title: Free Chol Soo Lee

Release Date: 12 Aug 2022

Runtime: 1h 23m

Genre: Documentary, Crime

Director: XTR, ITVS, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)

Production Companies: XTR, ITVS, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (12 votes)

Cast

  • Self (archive footage): Chol Soo Lee
  • Narrator (voice): Sebastian Yoon
  • Self - Friend; Defense Committee: Ranko Yamada
  • Self - Investigative Reporter: K.W. Lee
  • Self - Activist: Jeff Adachi
  • Self - Activist: David Kakishiba
  • Self - Chair, Defense Committee: Jay Kun Yoo
  • Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee: Grace Kim
  • Self - L.A. Defense Committee: Warren Furutani
  • Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage): Leonard Weinglass
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