Teaser | Free Chol Soo Lee
Preview: Season 24 Episode 12 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
The unbelievable life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of mu
Through his journey from an inspiring icon to a swing-shift janitor, Chol Soo Lee personifies the ravages of America’s prison industrial complex.
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Teaser | Free Chol Soo Lee
Preview: Season 24 Episode 12 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Through his journey from an inspiring icon to a swing-shift janitor, Chol Soo Lee personifies the ravages of America’s prison industrial complex.
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A Conversation with Rashaad Newsome
Our interview with interdisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome, co-director and protagonist of Assembly and creator of Being the Digital Griot.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Here we are ♪ The struggle for Chol Soo's freedom is also a struggle of an entire people.
♪ Runnin' and runnin' ♪ - The Chol Soo Lee movement had a life of its own.
- I believed in him as a person.
I believed in him as a leader.
- He also had all these demons.
- I had been sentenced to life in prison for a crime I did not commit.
I finally had the chance to say I'm innocent.
I was not an angel on the outside.
At the same time I was not the devil.
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The Misrepresentation of Chol Soo Lee
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Clip: S24 Ep12 | 5m 34s | Was this flick a prime example of Hollywood’s White Savior Complex? (5m 34s)
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Clip: S24 Ep12 | 4m 49s | Did a song help free an incarcerated man? (4m 49s)
A Short History of Korean American Immigration
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Clip: S24 Ep12 | 4m 53s | What was that Korean-American journey like? (4m 53s)
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Preview: S24 Ep12 | 30s | Rollercoaster story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder. (30s)
Dinner And a Doc | Free Chol Soo Lee
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Clip: S24 Ep12 | 1m 50s | Free Chol Soo Lee co-directors share lunch with activists in L.A.'s Koreatown. (1m 50s)
Inside Look | Free Chol Soo Lee
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Clip: S24 Ep12 | 1m 30s | Get an inside look at Free Chol Soo Lee from Independent Lens. (1m 30s)
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