Free Chol Soo Lee
Free Chol Soo Lee

Free Chol Soo Lee

7.3

1 hr 23 min

2022-08-12

14

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.

Documentary

Crime

Trailers

Characters

Chol Soo Lee

Chol Soo Lee

Self (archive footage)

Sebastian Yoon

Sebastian Yoon

Narrator (voice)

Ranko Yamada

Ranko Yamada

Self - Friend; Defense Committee

K.W. Lee

K.W. Lee

Self - Investigative Reporter

Jeff Adachi

Jeff Adachi

Self - Activist

David Kakishiba

David Kakishiba

Self - Activist

Similar Movies

Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

2019-05-31

Liquor Store Dreams

2022-06-10

Hell Train

1985-01-09

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

2025-06-06

The Flor Contemplacion Story

1995-06-07

Estômago: A Gastronomic Story

2007-09-26

A Night of Knowing Nothing

2022-04-13

Do Not Split

2020-01-24

Drive-By Truckers: The Secret to a Happy Ending

2011-02-15

Down Time

2001-01-14

Gideon's Trumpet

1980-04-30

The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

2019-12-13

The Big Job

1965-10-05

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974-06-29

Retén de Catia

1984-07-11

Latvian Coyote

2019-12-01

Unthinkable: The Susan Smith Story

2024-11-20

Penitentiary

1979-12-01

Band of Thieves

1962-08-30

The Raging Tide

1951-11-01