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The Ballad of Chol Soo Lee

Did a song help free an incarcerated man? Dolly Li breaks down how UC Berkeley college students wrote a track about Chol Soo Lee, a wrongfully convicted Korean immigrant sentenced to life in prison. Stream Free Chol Soo Lee now on the PBS App.
Clip Season 24 Episode 12 Length 04:49 Premiere: 04/24/23

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Mama Bears
S24 E16 Length 1:25:23 Premiere Date 06/20/23

Silent Beauty
S24 E15 Length 1:25:49 Premiere Date 05/15/23

Matter of Mind: My ALS
S24 E13 Length 54:42 Premiere Date 05/01/23

Hidden Letters
S24 E11 Length 1:25:27 Premiere Date 03/27/23

Storming Caesars Palace
S24 E10 Length 1:24:45 Premiere Date 03/20/23

Love in the Time of Fentanyl
S24 E9 Length 1:25:48 Premiere Date 02/13/23

Outta the Muck
S24 E8 Length 1:25:44 Premiere Date 02/06/23

The Picture Taker
S24 E7 Length 1:25:44 Premiere Date 01/30/23

No Straight Lines
S24 E6 Length 1:25:44 Premiere Date 01/23/23

The Big Payback
S24 E5 Length 1:25:13 Premiere Date 01/16/23

Children of Las Brisas
S24 E4 Length 1:22:50 Premiere Date 01/02/23

Move Me
S24 E3 Length 1:22:17 Premiere Date 11/07/22

TikTok, Boom.
S24 E2 Length 1:24:57 Premiere Date 10/24/22

Hazing
S24 E1 Length 1:43:28 Premiere Date 09/12/22

The Misrepresentation of Chol Soo Lee
Clip Length 05:34 Premiere Date 05/01/23

Trailer | Free Chol Soo Lee
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 04/24/23

Teaser | Free Chol Soo Lee
Preview Length 01:00 Premiere Date 04/24/23

The Ballad of Chol Soo Lee
Clip Length 04:49 Premiere Date 04/24/23

A Short History of Korean American Immigration
Clip Length 04:53 Premiere Date 04/24/23

Dinner And a Doc | Free Chol Soo Lee
Clip Length 01:50 Premiere Date 04/22/23

Inside Look | Free Chol Soo Lee
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 04/20/23

Trailer | This Spring on Independent Lens
Preview Length 01:00 Premiere Date 04/01/23

Trailer | This Winter on Independent Lens
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Trailer | Stream the Best Docs on the PBS Video App
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Trailer | This Fall on Independent Lens
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Trailer | The Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction
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Trailer | Hit the Road with Independent Lens!
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The Donut King - S22 E14

Premiered On: 05/24/2021

Hear the rise and fall story of Ted Ngoy, who fled Cambodia for the United States and built a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy's Doughnuts.

  • Sunday May 19, 2024 4:00 am ET on KETWORLD
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The Tuba Thieves - S25 E15

Filmmaker Alison O'Daniel explores the role of sound and what it means to listen.

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Free Chol Soo Lee - S24 E12

The story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean American who was falsely convicted of a 1973 murder in San Francisco. After activists led a pan-Asian American movement to free him, he was finally released after 10 years in prison.

  • Wednesday May 22, 2024 7:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
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Beyond Utopia - S25 E4

The story of families attempting to escape oppression in North Korea revealing a world many have never seen.

  • Sunday May 26, 2024 10:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
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Writing with Fire - S23 E11

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The Donut King - S22 E14

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Hidden Letters - S24 E11

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Space: The Longest Goodbye - S25 E14

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Try Harder! - S23 E13

  • Thursday May 2, 2024 2:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
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Storming Caesars Palace - S24 E10

  • Sunday May 5, 2024 3:30 am ET on KET2
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Ferguson Rises - S23 E2

  • Wednesday April 24, 2024 2:00 pm ET on KETWORLD
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One with the Whale - S25 E13

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Matter of Mind: My ALS - S24 E13

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A Reckoning in Boston - S23 E6

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TikTok, Boom. - S24 E2

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