Josiah “Tink” Thompson
Actor · b. 1935 · East Liverpool, Ohio, USA
Josiah "Tink" Thompson is an American writer, retired professional private investigator, and former philosophy professor.
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Movie7.2DocumentaryCrimeOn June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant who had previous run-ins with the law, was arrested and convicted based on flimsy evidence and the eyewitness accounts of white tourists who couldn’t distinguish between Asian features. Sentenced to life in prison, Chol Soo Lee would spend years fighting to survive behind bars before journalist K.W. Lee took an interest in his case. The intrepid reporter’s investigation would galvanize a first-of-its-kind pan-Asian American grassroots movement to fight for Chol Soo Lee’s freedom, ultimately inspiring a new generation of social justice activists.
Free Chol Soo Lee
2022 · 15 votes
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Josiah “Tink” Thompson discusses the Kennedy assassination, the nature of truth and photographic evidence in this short film from director Errol Morris.
November 22, 1963
2013 · 4 votes
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On the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Errol Morris explores the story behind the one man seen standing under an open black umbrella at the site.
The Umbrella Man
2011 · 12 votes