Independent Lens (1999)

Episode Overview

Convicted for a 1973 murder in San Francisco, Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee faced a life sentence until a powerful pan-Asian solidarity movement, involving Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Americans, rallied to reverse his conviction. After a decade of battling for his freedom in California's prisons, Lee now faced a different challenge: living up to the hopes and faith of those who had stood by him throughout his ordeal.