

Discussion guide available for download below!
FREE Chol Soo LEE
Available on MUBI, PBS.org, AMAZON prime and apple tv
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Sunday, Feb. 23: Screening+Q&A: 11:30 am @ Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, 211 West 100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Tuesday, Feb. 25: Screening+Q&A @ University of Utah, 12-2:45 pm, Marriott Learning Space 2753
Last Day on PBS
Last day to catch Free Chol Soo Lee on PBS’ Independent Lens is July 22, 2023!
DISCUSSION: Community Documentary Night (Virtual)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/special-virtual-documentary-night-tickets-623992607687
Screening & PANEL (EditorS): DCTV Firehouse (NYC)
https://firehouse.dctvny.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=382309~2998286f-8e4b-4c31-9017-dcced8ffebb3&epguid=accabeea-f24e-44d5-aeb5-ba2a53549399&
Screening: Carbondale, IL
https://www.wsiu.org/free-chol-soo-lee-film-screening-held-at-carbondale-public-library
Screening & PANEL: Los Angeles, Hammer Museum
In-person: Q&A with filmmakers Julie Ha, Eugene Yi.
Admission is free. No advance reservations. Free tickets must be obtained on a first come, first served basis at the box office, where seating will be assigned.
Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/05/06/free-chol-soo-lee
Screening & PANEL: The University at Buffalo, NY
https://humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/event/humanities-institute-distinguished-visiting-scholars-program-film-series-free-chol-soo-lee/
Screening: The College of New Jersey
https://artscomm.tcnj.edu/2023/04/26/communication-studies-faculty-students-present-asian-american-film-festival/
Screening: Detroit, MI
Free Screening
https://freepfilmfestival.com/free-chol-soo-lee-aapi/
Screening & Panel: Albuquerque, NM (Online, 7PM MST)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-chol-soo-lee-indie-lens-popup-screening-and-filmmaker-q-a-tickets-604078554217
Screening: Albany NY
https://imagequilt.ticketleap.com/free-chol-soo-lee-film-screening/?rc=650hq8v
Independent Lens Premiere
Free Chol Soo Lee premieres on PBS’s INDEPENDENT LENS on April 24th, at 9 p.m. PST. The film will also be available on the PBS Video app.
Screening: Teaneck Int’l Film Festival (Online)
Free Online Screening
Wed, Apr 19, 2023, at 7:30pm EST
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-teaneck-international-film-festival-documentary-series-tickets-499568391507
Screening: Greer, SC
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indie-lens-pop-up-screening-free-chol-soo-lee-tickets-616660838167
Screening: Mount Pleasant, SC
https://www.ccpl.org/events/indie-lens-pop-free-chol-soo-lee
Screening: Bellingham, WA
INDIE LENS POP-UP: FREE SCREENING! Co-presented by Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival. Facilitated discussion to follow screening.
https://pickfordfilmcenter.org/movie/free-chol-soo-lee
Screening: Atlanta, GA
Join us for a screening of the documentary Free Chol Soo Lee, the rollercoaster life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder who inspired a movement to free him.
After we will hear from the Georgia Innocence Project to talk about some of the factors that lead to wrongful convictions and how race plays into injustice and wrongful convictions.
Screening & Panel: PBS HAWAI'I (Online 2pm HST)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/independent-lens-free-chol-soo-lee-pbs-hawaii-tickets-567073872217
Screening & Panel: Ft. Collins (Online 11AM MST)
https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/h2i1k
Screening: Sheboygan, WI
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
12:00 p.m. CST
There will be a postscreening community conversation.
Registration for in-person screening and conversation is encouraged, but not required. RSVP here:
https://www.jmkac.org/engage-events/free-chol-soo-lee-by-julie-ha-eugene-yi-su-kim-jean-tsien-and-sona-jo/
Screening: RiverRun International Film Festival (Online 7pM est)
April 11, 7PM EST
https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/euhh7
Screening & Panel: Columbia University (NYC)
Join the Korea Economic Institute (KEI), the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia Law School (CKLS), the Weatherhead East Asia Insititute (WEAI), and the China and the World Program at Columbia University (CWP) for a special screening followed by a Q&A with directors Eugene Yi and Julie Ha.
RSVP for Free:
https://www.law.columbia.edu/events/free-chol-soo-lee-film-screening-and-discussion-2023-04-10
Screening: San Antonio, TX
https://presahouse.com/portfolio/indie-lens-popup-free-chol-soo-lee/
Screening: Honolulu, Hawai’i
Organized by Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking
Free and Open to the Public
https://www.hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org/event-details/free-chol-soo-lee-indie-lens-pop-up-screening
Screening: Tulsa, OK
FREE community screening with expert Q&A as part of the 2023 Indie Lens Pop-Up season. Each screening includes a FREE documentary with intro by host Sydney Alison (Kendall Whittier Main Street Community Engagement Coordinator), a post-film Q&A with local experts, sign language interpreting from TSHA, and open captioning on the films.
https://www.circlecinema.org/coming-soon/free-chol-soo-lee