Free Chol Soo Lee
2022
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 12, 2022
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Korean
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- ITVS,XTR,Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
- Cast
- Chol Soo Lee,Sebastian Yoon,Ranko Yamada,K.W. Lee,Jeff Adachi,David Kakishiba,Jay Kun Yoo,Grace Kim,Warren Furutani,Leonard Weinglassand 12 more
- Producer
- Kathryn Everett,Sally Jo Fifer,Stephen Gong,Julie Ha,Andy Hsieh,Bryn Mooser,Jean Tsien,Lois Vossen,Eugene Yi,Jo So-na
- Music
- Gretchen Jude
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $50,083
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb