Free Chol Soo Lee by Julie Ha
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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
Chol Soo Lee as Self (archive footage)
Sebastian Yoon as Narrator (voice)
Ranko Yamada as Self - Friend; Defense Committee
K.W. Lee as Self - Investigative Reporter
Jeff Adachi as Self - Activist
David Kakishiba as Self - Activist
Jay Kun Yoo as Self - Chair, Defense Committee
Grace Kim as Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
Warren Furutani as Self - L.A. Defense Committee
Leonard Weinglass as Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Josiah “Tink” Thompson as Self - Private Investigator
Gail Whang as Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
Jai Lee Wong as Self - L.A. Defense Committee
Mike Suzuki as Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
Me Yea Lee as Self - Mother of Chol Soo Lee (archive footage)
Leonard Tauman as Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Tony Serra as Self - Defense Attorney
Stuart Hanlon as Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Frank Falzon as Self - San Francisco Police Dept. (archive footage)
Sandra Gin as Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Sung Soo Yoo as Self - Defense Committee
Richard Kim as Self - Professor, UC Davis
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