Free Chol Soo Lee (2022)
On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Franciscos 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 couldnt 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 reporters investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lees freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
Eugene Yi, Julie Ha
Chol Soo Lee, Jeff Adachi, K.W. Lee, Ranko Yamada
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