Free Chol Soo Lee (2022): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2022, Free Chol Soo Lee is a dokumentarfilm and krimi film directed by Julie Ha, running about 83 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Free Chol Soo Lee stars Chol Soo Lee as Self (archive footage), Sebastian Yoon as Narrator (voice), Ranko Yamada as Self - Friend; Defense Committee and K.W. Lee as Self - Investigative Reporter, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.2/10, Free Chol Soo Lee has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In USA you can stream it on MUBI and MUBI Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Free Chol Soo Lee page.

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