Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
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.
Directors: Julie Ha, Eugene Yi.
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Chol Soo Lee as Self (archive footage) |
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Sebastian Yoon as Narrator (voice) |
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Ranko Yamada as Self - Friend; Defense Committee |
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K.W. Lee as Self - Investigative Reporter |
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Jeff Adachi as Self - Activist |
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David Kakishiba as Self - Activist |
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Jay Kun Yoo as Self - Chair, Defense Committee |
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Grace Kim as Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee |
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Warren Furutani as Self - L.A. Defense Committee |
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Leonard Weinglass as Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) |
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Josiah “Tink” Thompson as Self - Private Investigator |
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Gail Whang as Self - Bay Area Defense Committee |
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Jai Lee Wong as Self - L.A. Defense Committee |
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Mike Suzuki as Self - Bay Area Defense Committee |
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Me Yea Lee as Self - Mother of Chol Soo Lee (archive footage) |
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Leonard Tauman as Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) |
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Tony Serra as Self - Defense Attorney |
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Stuart Hanlon as Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) |
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Frank Falzon as Self - San Francisco Police Dept. (archive footage) |
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Sandra Gin as Self - Reporter (archive footage) |
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Sung Soo Yoo as Self - Defense Committee |
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Richard Kim as Self - Professor, UC Davis |
| Directing | Julie Ha | Director |
| Directing | Eugene Yi | Director |
| Editing | Jean Tsien | Editor |
| Editing | Aldo Velasco | Editor |
| Production | Kathryn Everett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stephen Gong | Executive Producer |
| Production | Julie Ha | Producer |
| Production | Andy Hsieh | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bryn Mooser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jean Tsien | Producer |
| Production | Lois Vossen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Eugene Yi | Producer |
| Production | Jo So-na | Producer |
| Crew | Jeff Adachi | In Memory Of |
| Crew | Jay Kun Yoo | In Memory Of |
| Production | Quyên Nguyen-Le | Associate Producer |
| Production | Her Yoon-soo | Associate Producer |
| Production | Tammy Chu Tolle | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Anita H.M. Yu | Co-Editor |
| Camera | Michael Chin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jerry Henry | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Colin Archdeacon | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Akira Boch | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Vanessa Carr | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Courtney Quirin | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Mike Shum | Additional Camera |
| Camera | John Wakayama Carey | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Abraham Chan | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Joel Juárez | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lou Nakasako | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Adam Uyemura | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Gretchen Jude | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Stephen Thorpe | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Bryan Baeta | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Marc Stewart | Sound Recordist |
| Visual Effects | Mihye Choi | Animation Director |
| Art | Suki Oh | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Go Eun-ha | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Go Eun-ha | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Jae-Hong Moon | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Kim Juhyun | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Mike Puretz | Additional Music |
| Camera | Tijana Petrović | Additional Camera |
