logo

Home

Movies

TV shows

Sign In

HOMEMOVIESTV-SHOWSABOUTWATCHLIST
homemoviestv-showsaboutwatchlist

Powered by

TMDB website logo

© 2025 Filmverse

Free Chol Soo Lee

08/12/2022

|

1hr 23min

|

Documentary

,Crime

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Chol Soo Lee
  • Sebastian Yoon
  • Ranko Yamada
  • K.W. Lee
  • Jeff Adachi

    Directors

  • Julie Ha
  • Akira Boch
  • Quyên Nguyen-Le
  • Her Yoon-soo

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • XTR
  • ITVS
  • Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • Korean
  • Spanish
  • English

Cast

Chol Soo Lee

Self (archive footage)

Sebastian Yoon

Narrator (voice)

Ranko Yamada

Self - Friend; Defense Committee

K.W. Lee

Self - Investigative Reporter

Jeff Adachi

Self - Activist

David Kakishiba

Self - Activist

Jay Kun Yoo

Self - Chair, Defense Committee

Grace Kim

Self - Vice-chair, Defense Committee

Warren Furutani

Self - L.A. Defense Committee

Leonard Weinglass

Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage)

Videos

movies like Free Chol Soo Lee

ParaNorman

ParaNorman

Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

Interstellar

Interstellar

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Avatar

Avatar

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

Dune

Dune

Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine

Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

The Northman

The Northman

Twisters

Twisters

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place

The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

Star Wars

Star Wars