Free Chol Soo Lee 15
Reappearing on our screens from the Sundance preview –Free Chol Soo Lee tells the story of a Korean American death row inmate convicted of a 1973 Chinatown gangland murder in San Francisco, and the activists who led a pan-Asian American movement to free him.
Spanning the late 1970s to the early ’80s, this movement would for the first time bring together young, third-generation Asian American activists, many of them politically radical, with older, conservative Korean immigrants. Their unlikely victory, with Lee walking into freedom in 1983 after 10 years in prison, would inspire many young supporters to pursue careers dedicated to social justice.
Screening includes a 24 minute recorded Q&A with Free Chol Soo Lee directors Eugene Yi and Julie Ha, hosted by Rintu Thomas, director and writer of Oscar-nominated Writing with Fire.
- Director
- Eugene Yi, Julie Ha
- Duration
- 1 hour 26 minutes
- Cast
- Chol Soo Lee, Jeff Adachi, K.W Lee
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