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.
- Date of release
- 2022-08-12
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Director
- Julie Ha, Eugene Yi
Casting
- Chol Soo Lee — Self (archive footage)
- Sebastian Yoon — Narrator (voice)
- Ranko Yamada — Self - Friend; Defense Committee
- K.W. Lee — Self - Investigative Reporter
- Jeff Adachi — Self - Activist
- David Kakishiba — Self - Activist
- Jay Kun Yoo — Self - Chair, Defense Committee
- Grace Kim — Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
- Warren Furutani — Self - L.A. Defense Committee
- Leonard Weinglass — Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
- Josiah “Tink” Thompson — Self - Private Investigator
- Gail Whang — Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
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