"The Stories We Tell (And Those We Don't):the Making of Free Chol Soo Lee." JULIE HA, former Editor-in-Chief, KoreAm Journal EUGENE YI, former senior video journalist, New York Times
Department: Asian American Studies
Date and Time: May 16, 2017 | 2:00 PM-4:30 PMEvent Location: HICF 100K. Seating is limited
Event Details
Come join the students of Asian American Studies 151c/Social Science 178c "Korean American Experience" in hosting award-winning journalists Julie Ha and Eugene Yi to discuss their documentary-in-progress, FREE CHOL SOO LEE, about a Korean American death row inmate convicted of a 1973 Chinatown gangland murder in San Francisco, and the activists who led a pan-Asian American movement to free him. Spanning the late 1970s to the early ’80s, this movement would for the first time bring together young, third-generation Asian American activists, many of them politically radical, with older, conservative Korean immigrants. Their unlikely victory, with Lee walking into freedom in 1983 after 10 years in prison, would inspire many young supporters to pursue careers dedicated to social justice. The film will explore the complex legacy of this landmark yet largely forgotten Asian American social movement, and how Lee and his supporters would intimately shape each other’s lives, during his imprisonment and long after his release.