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Screening: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

  • Alhecama Theatre 215a East Canon Perdido Street Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 United States (map)

Free Chol Soo Lee 
January 6, 2023 · 6 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 push for social action that would unite Asian Americans and inspire a new generation of activists.  

A virtual Q&A about the documentary with Director Julie Ha and Director Eugene Yi will follow. 

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