Free Chol Soo Lee
83 mins
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.
Chol Soo Lee
Self (archive footage)
Sebastian Yoon
Narrator (voice)
Ranko Yamada
Self - Friend; Defense Committee
K.W. Lee
Self - Investigative Reporter
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
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
Eugene Yi
Director
Julie Ha
Director
Kathryn Everett
Executive Producer
Aldo Velasco
Editor
Stephen Gong
Executive Producer
Julie Ha
Producer
Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer
Eugene Yi
Producer
Andy Hsieh
Executive Producer
Lois Vossen
Executive Producer
Jo So-na
Producer
Jay Kun Yoo
In Memory Of
Vanessa Carr
Additional Camera
Abraham Chan
Assistant Camera
Lou Nakasako
Assistant Camera
Marc Stewart
Sound Recordist
Quyên Nguyen-Le
Associate Producer
Joel Juárez
Assistant Camera
Gretchen Jude
Original Music Composer
Jerry Henry
Camera Operator
Tammy Chu Tolle
Associate Producer
John Wakayama Carey
Additional Camera
Courtney Quirin
Additional Camera
Her Yoon-soo
Associate Producer
Michael Chin
Camera Operator
Mike Shum
Additional Camera
Colin Archdeacon
Additional Camera
Akira Boch
Additional Camera
Bryan Baeta
Sound Recordist
Anita H.M. Yu
Co-Editor
Stephen Thorpe
Sound Recordist
Adam Uyemura
Assistant Camera
Mihye Choi
Animation Director
Suki Oh
Graphic Designer
Ko Eunha
Sound Designer
Mike Puretz
Additional Music
Ko Eunha
Sound Supervisor
Kim Juhyun
Dialogue Editor
Jae-Hong Moon
Foley Artist
