Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
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Release08/12/2022
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ProductionXTR, ITVS, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
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Rotten tomato72.92%
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Original titleFree Chol Soo Lee
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Original languageen
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Production Cost
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50,083.00-
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.
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Casts
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Self (archive footage)
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Narrator (voice)
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Self - Friend; Defense Committee
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Self - Investigative Reporter
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Self - Activist
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Self - Activist
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Self - Chair, Defense Committee
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Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
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Self - L.A. Defense Committee
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Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
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Self - Private Investigator
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Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
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Self - L.A. Defense Committee
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Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
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Self - Mother of Chol Soo Lee (archive footage)
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Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
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Self - Defense Attorney
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Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
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Self - San Francisco Police Dept. (archive footage)
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Self - Reporter (archive footage)
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Self - Defense Committee
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Self - Professor, UC Davis