| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 12, 2022 |
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| Director: | Eugene Yi, Julie Ha |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | Crime, Documentary |
| Keywords | prison, chinatown, death penalty, political activism, wrongful imprisonment, san quentin, korean american, innocent in jail, criminal justice system, racial discrimination, grassroots movement, korean, asian american |
| Production Companies | ITVS, XTR, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $50,083
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Josiah “Tink” Thompson | Self - Private Investigator |
| Gail Whang | Self - Bay Area Defense Committee |
| Jai Lee Wong | Self - L.A. Defense Committee |
| Mike Suzuki | Self - Bay Area Defense Committee |
| Me Yea Lee | Self - Mother of Chol Soo Lee (archive footage) |
| Leonard Tauman | Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) |
| Tony Serra | Self - Defense Attorney |
| Stuart Hanlon | Self - Defense Attorney (archive footage) |
| Frank Falzon | Self - San Francisco Police Dept. (archive footage) |
| Sandra Gin | Self - Reporter (archive footage) |
| Sung Soo Yoo | Self - Defense Committee |
| Richard Kim | Self - Professor, UC Davis |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jean Tsien | Editor |
| Eugene Yi | Director |
| Aldo Velasco | Editor |
| Jeff Adachi | In Memory Of |
| Jay Kun Yoo | In Memory Of |
| Anita H.M. Yu | Co-Editor |
| Michael Chin | Camera Operator |
| Jerry Henry | Camera Operator |
| Colin Archdeacon | Additional Camera |
| Akira Boch | Additional Camera |
| Vanessa Carr | Additional Camera |
| Tijana Petrovic | Additional Camera |
| Courtney Quirin | Additional Camera |
| Mike Shum | Additional Camera |
| John Wakayama Carey | Additional Camera |
| Abraham Chan | Assistant Camera |
| Joel Juárez | Assistant Camera |
| Lou Nakasako | Assistant Camera |
| Adam Uyemura | Assistant Camera |
| Gretchen Jude | Original Music Composer |
| Stephen Thorpe | Sound Recordist |
| Bryan Baeta | Sound Recordist |
| Marc Stewart | Sound Recordist |
| Mihye Choi | Animation Director |
| Suki Oh | Graphic Designer |
| Ko Eunha | Sound Supervisor, Sound Designer |
| Jae-Hong Moon | Foley Artist |
| Kim Juhyun | Dialogue Editor |
| Mike Puretz | Additional Music |
| Julie Ha | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bryn Mooser | Executive Producer |
| Jean Tsien | Producer |
| Kathryn Everett | Executive Producer |
| Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Gong | Executive Producer |
| Julie Ha | Producer |
| Andy Hsieh | Executive Producer |
| Lois Vossen | Executive Producer |
| Eugene Yi | Producer |
| Jo So-na | Producer |
| Quyên Nguyen-Le | Associate Producer |
| Her Yoon-soo | Associate Producer |
| Tammy Chu Tolle | Associate Producer |
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