📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
,
Korean
,
Spanish
📆 Date Released:
2022-08-12
⌚ Running Time:
83 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.4
Beloved Cast
Self (archive footage)
Chol Soo Lee
Narrator (voice)
Sebastian Yoon
Self - Friend; Defense Committee
Ranko Yamada
Self - Investigative Reporter
K.W. Lee
Self - Activist
Jeff Adachi
Self - Activist
David Kakishiba
Self - Chair, Defense Committee
Jay Kun Yoo
Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee
Grace Kim
Self - L.A. Defense Committee
Warren Furutani
Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Leonard Weinglass
Self - Private Investigator
Josiah “Tink” Thompson
Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
Gail Whang
Self - L.A. Defense Committee
Jai Lee Wong
Self - Bay Area Defense Committee
Mike Suzuki
Self - Mother of Chol Soo Lee (archive footage)
Me Yea Lee
Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Leonard Tauman
Self - Defense Attorney
Tony Serra
Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)
Stuart Hanlon
Self - San Francisco Police Dept. (archive footage)
Frank Falzon
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Sandra Gin
Self - Defense Committee
Sung Soo Yoo
Self - Professor, UC Davis
Richard Kim
