Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
83 min
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.
- Release date
- August 12, 2022
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $50,083
Trailer
Cast
- Jeff Adachi as Self
- K.W. Lee as Self - Investigative Reporter
- Tony Serra as Self
- Ranko Yamada as Self - Friend
Crew
- Chol Soo Lee · Archive footage
- Leonard Weinglass · Archive footage
- Carol Dysinger · Writer
- Julie Ha · Writer
- Chol Soo Lee · Writer
- Eugene Yi · Writer
- Julie Ha · Producer
- Sona Jo · Producer
- Su Kim · Producer
- Jean Tsien · Producer
- Gretchen Jude · Composer
- Jean Tsien · Editor
- Aldo Velasco · Editor