Free Chol Soo Lee

202283m7.2 (14)
DocumentaryCrime

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.

Crew

EY

Eugene Yi

Director

JH

Julie Ha

Director

EY

Eugene Yi

Producer

JH

Julie Ha

Producer

Jean Tsien

Jean Tsien

Producer

JS

Jo So-na

Producer

GJ

Gretchen Jude

Original Music Composer

Cast

CS

Chol Soo Lee

Self (archive footage)

SY

Sebastian Yoon

Narrator (voice)

RY

Ranko Yamada

Self - Friend; Defense Committee

KL

K.W. Lee

Self - Investigative Reporter

Jeff Adachi

Jeff Adachi

Self - Activist

DK

David Kakishiba

Self - Activist

JK

Jay Kun Yoo

Self - Chair, Defense Committee

GK

Grace Kim

Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee

WF

Warren Furutani

Self - L.A. Defense Committee

Leonard Weinglass

Leonard Weinglass

Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)

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Josiah “Tink” Thompson

Self - Private Investigator

GW

Gail Whang

Self - Bay Area Defense Committee

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