Free Chol Soo Lee
critic Reviews
, 100% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Free Chol Soo Lee powerfully relates a story of injustice while issuing a searing indictment of the systemic racism that enabled it.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobert AbeleLos Angeles Times
In its clear-eyed empathy for the totality of life, “Free Chol Soo Lee” is only deepened by not ignoring what happens when the spotlight fades on a righted wrong...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreK. Austin CollinsRolling Stone
There’s an entire history of political representation to confront here, in other words, and even when Free Chol Soo Lee doesn’t seem to be taking this problem on in a direct way, the movie’s self-aware deviations from the norm are pronounced.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
[An] impressive and wrenchingly sad documentary...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
The taut film takes us through the story with great economy.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLeslie FelperinFinancial Times
The film captures the activist spirit of the 1970s-1980s and the many characters involved in Lee’s story, while refraining from any kind of hagiography of its central character.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCath ClarkeGuardian
What makes the film so engrossing is how much attention the film-makers give to Lee’s complicated life after prison...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreR. Colin TaitThe Playlist
What “Free Chol Soo Lee” lacks in terms of earlier material, it more than compensates for in revealing this underseen historical movement.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDiego BatlleOtroscines.com
Beyond the conscientious and dogmatic spirit, Free Chol Soo Lee is a sociopolitical documentary that digs into yesterday to find the footprints that still have an effect today. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGlenn DunksThe Film Experience
[Ha and Yi] instead tell their story with sober details, having amassed fascinating archival footage of the man, his family and the media storm that surrounded him.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePhil GuieFilm-Forward.com
The filmmakers never lose sight of the importance of the mass mobilization of ordinary Asian Americans. In the archived footage, the numbers of protestors increased over time, as well as their passion.
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