Join KoreanAmericanStory.org, in conjunction with AAJA-NY, for MUBI's screening of FREE CHOL SOO LEE, a riveting documentary of Chol Soo Lee, whose wrongful murder conviction ignited an unprecedented social movement in 1970's.

Thanks to a generous supporter, we have 50 tickets available for FREE for friends of KoreanAmericanStory.org. Each person can claim maximum of 2 tickets.

YOU MUST CLAIM YOUR TICKETS AT THE THEATER BY 7:30PM.

The screening will be immediately followed by a post-screening Q&A with Julia Ha & Eugene Kim, the directors of the film led by AAJA New York, so please be sure to stick around.

KoreanAmericanStory.org is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, so please consider a donation in lieu of your ticket purchase. CLICK HERE TO DONATE

For more information on the film's nationwide release on August 17th, visit MUBI.com/freecholsoolee to learn how to further support this film.

SYNOPSIS

In 1970's San Francisco, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. Sentenced to life, he spends years fighting to survive until investigative journalist K.W. Lee takes a special interest in his case, igniting an unprecedented push for social action that would unite Asian Americans and inspire a new generation of activists.

Nearly five decades later, award-winning journalists Julie Ha and Eugene Yi excavate this largely unknown yet essential history in their riveting Sundance selection Free Chol Soo Lee. Combining rich archival footage, firsthand accounts, and narration drawn from personal writings, this poignant documentary paints an intimate portrait of the complex man at the center of a movement and serves as an urgent reminder that his legacy is more relevant than ever.