Event Date
Free Chol Soo Lee Film Screening at 4:30 P.M.
In 1970s 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 social justice movement that would unite Asian Americans and inspire a new generation of activists. Nearly five decades later, Free Chol Soo Lee excavates this largely unknown yet essential history, crafting an intimate portrait of the complex man at its center and serving as an urgent reminder that his legacy is more relevant than ever.
Reception from 6 to 6:45 P.M.
Panel - A Legacy For Moving Forward from 7 to 8 P.M.
Co-Moderated by Professors Richard Kim, Asian American Studies, and Raquel Aldana, School of Law
Panelists:
Ranko Yamada, Free Chol Soo Lee activist
Leonard Tauman, public defender for Chol Soo
Lee Stuart Hanlon, trial attorney for Chol Soo Lee
Gail Whang, Free Chol Soo Lee activist
David Kakishiba, Free Chol Soo Lee activist
Sakhone Lasaphangthong, formerly incarcerated community activist
Do Kim, President, The K.W. Lee Center for Leadership
Special guests:
K.W. Lee, investigative journalist
Julie Ha, filmmaker
Any Questions: contact Professor Richard Kim at rskim@ucdavis.edu