FREE CHOL SOO LEE
Directed by Julie Ha & Eugene Yi- Anti-Asian Hate, Documentary Features
- South Korea, USA
- Documentary, Family, History
- English, Korean
- 2022
- 84 mins
- Los Angeles premiere
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A
Incorporating extensive archival footage with poignant interviews, the documentary recounts the landmark movement sparked by Chol Soo Lee’s wrongly-convicted murder in San Francisco. Activists and the Asian American community unite during this 1970’s social movement as they fight for Chol Soo Lee’s justice.
CREDITS
Director: Julie Ha, Eugene Yi
Producer: Su Kim, Jean Tsien, Sona Jo
Executive Producer: Sally Jo Fifer, Stephen Gong, Lois Vossen, Kathryn Everett, Andy Hsieh, Bryn Mooser
Editor: Jean Tsien, Aldo Velasco
Composer: Gretchen Jude
Sound Designer: Eunha Ko
Cast: Chol Soo Lee, K.W. Lee, Ranko Yamada, Sebastian Yoon