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Free Chol Soo Lee

📅 2022 ⭐ 7.3 🕐 83 min US US
IMDb tt16376512 TMDB 913824 Official Site
Crime Documentary

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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Cast
Crew
Director Eugene Yi Director Julie Ha Editor Aldo Velasco Editor Jean Tsien Executive Producer Andy Hsieh Executive Producer Bryn Mooser Executive Producer Kathryn Everett Executive Producer Lois Vossen Executive Producer Sally Jo Fifer Executive Producer Stephen Gong Original Music Composer Gretchen Jude Producer Eugene Yi Producer Jean Tsien Producer Jo So-na Producer Julie Ha
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Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
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ITVS
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XTR
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