• Director(s)

    Eugene Yi, Julie Ha

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    86m

  • Cast

    Free Chol Soo Lee, Jeff Adachi, Ranko Yamada

Film

Free Chol Soo Lee

images of real dead bodies, racism, sex & drug references, strong language

FREE CHOL SOO LEE is a US documentary about the campaign to free a Korean immigrant who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1974.…

FREE CHOL SOO LEE is a US documentary about the campaign to free a Korean immigrant who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1974.

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language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘damn’.
sex
There are brief references to a strip club, accompanied by fleeting blurry sight of posters of women who appear to be topless.
discrimination
There are moderate references to 1970s and ‘80s racism towards East Asian people, in addition to archival footage demonstrating the same. For example, there is a use of the discriminatory term ‘chinks’ in reported speech, uses of the outdated term ‘oriental’, and sight of a racist caricature drawn by police officers connected to Lee’s case. There is also use of outdated terms such as ‘crazy’ and ‘insane’ to refer to psychiatric patients, reflecting 1970s attitudes towards mental health. Discrimination is not condoned.
drugs
There are verbal references to Lee having become addicted to smoking cocaine.
injury detail
We briefly see black-and-white still images of a real dead body with a small bloody bullet wound on the side of his chest.
additional issues
There are references to violence, including brief undetailed references to sexual violence and child physical abuse. There are also infrequent non-graphic references to suicide and suicidal ideation.

  • Director(s)

    Eugene Yi, Julie Ha

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    86m

  • Cast

    Free Chol Soo Lee, Jeff Adachi, Ranko Yamada

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

references to racism and violence
Classified Date:
10/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
violence
There are brief and undetailed verbal references to a man having to kill another to defend himself while incarcerated.
discrimination
There are discussions about thematic elements of a documentary which include references to systematic racism and discrimination which played a part in his wrongful conviction.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('God' and 'damn').
images of real dead bodies, racism, sex & drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
09/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘damn’.
sex
There are brief references to a strip club, accompanied by fleeting blurry sight of posters of women who appear to be topless.
discrimination
There are moderate references to 1970s and ‘80s racism towards East Asian people, in addition to archival footage demonstrating the same. For example, there is a use of the discriminatory term ‘chinks’ in reported speech, uses of the outdated term ‘oriental’, and sight of a racist caricature drawn by police officers connected to Lee’s case. There is also use of outdated terms such as ‘crazy’ and ‘insane’ to refer to psychiatric patients, reflecting 1970s attitudes towards mental health. Discrimination is not condoned.
drugs
There are verbal references to Lee having become addicted to smoking cocaine.
injury detail
We briefly see black-and-white still images of a real dead body with a small bloody bullet wound on the side of his chest.
additional issues
There are references to violence, including brief undetailed references to sexual violence and child physical abuse. There are also infrequent non-graphic references to suicide and suicidal ideation.
images of real dead bodies, racism, sex & drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
04/10/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
MUBI
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘damn’.
sex
There are brief references to a strip club, accompanied by fleeting blurry sight of posters of women who appear to be topless.
discrimination
There are moderate references to 1970s and ‘80s racism towards East Asian people, in addition to archival footage demonstrating the same. For example, there is a use of the discriminatory term ‘chinks’ in reported speech, uses of the outdated term ‘oriental’, and sight of a racist caricature drawn by police officers connected to Lee’s case. There is also use of outdated terms such as ‘crazy’ and ‘insane’ to refer to psychiatric patients, reflecting 1970s attitudes towards mental health. Discrimination is not condoned.
drugs
There are verbal references to Lee having become addicted to smoking cocaine.
injury detail
We briefly see black-and-white still images of a real dead body with a small bloody bullet wound on the side of his chest.
additional issues
There are references to violence, including brief undetailed references to sexual violence and child physical abuse. There are also infrequent non-graphic references to suicide and suicidal ideation.
Classified Date:
09/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
Cuts:
The distributor chose to make changes to the trailer to achieve their preferred PG category. References to violence and racism were removed, in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 12A classification was available.
Classified Date:
09/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI
Classified Date:
10/08/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MUBI

  • Classified date

    04/10/2022

  • Language

    English