Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)

Free Chol Soo Lee | United States of America

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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Description

Director

Eugene Yi
Julie Ha

Stars

Chol Soo Lee
Self (archive footage)

Sebastian Yoon
Narrator

Jeff Adachi
Self

K.W. Lee
Self - Investigative Reporter

Ranko Yamada
Self - Friend

Tony Serra
Self (attorney)

Others...

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Keywords

political activism, chinatown, wrongful imprisonment, korean american, korean, asian american, racial discrimination, grassroots movement, san francisco

Production

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

Actor

Chol Soo Lee, Sebastian Yoon, Jeff Adachi, K.W. Lee, Ranko Yamada, Tony Serra

Creators

Michael Chin (Cinematography), Jerry Henry (Cinematography), Sally Jo Fifer (Executive Producer), Lois Vossen (Executive Producer), Jean Tsien (Editor), Bryn Mooser (Executive Producer), Stephen Gong (Executive Producer), Eugene Yi (Director), Aldo Velasco (Editor), Gretchen Jude (Music), Kathryn Everett (Executive Producer), Andy Hsieh (Executive Producer), Julie Ha (Director)

Alternative titles

철수에게 자유를 (KR)

Release dates

09.10.2022 (KR)
26.08.2022 (GB)
07.10.2022 (BR)
21.01.2022 (US)
12.08.2022 (US)