

Free Chol Soo Lee
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $50.1K
- Language
- English
- prison
- death penalty
- san francisco, california
- political activism
- chinatown
- wrongful imprisonment
- san quentin
- korean american
- innocent in jail
- criminal justice system
- racial discrimination
- grassroots movement
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United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival (Virtual)21 Jan 2022
- Theatrical (limited)12 Aug 2022
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A26 Aug 2022
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT7 Oct 2022
South KoreaKR
- PremiereBusan International Film Festival9 Oct 2022
- Theatrical1218 Oct 2023
- TV12EBS International Documentary Festival23 Aug 2024
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Free Chol Soo Lee was released on 12 August 2022.
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