Ronko Yamada

And K.W.

was at the film's premiere in 2022.

Three years later, in the spring of 2025, he died at the age of 96.

K.W.

Lee has become known as the godfather of Asian American journalism.

Armed with a typewriter, he spent his life bringing people together to build a community.

And he challenged people to find the strength to protect that community.

Sojin Kim says KW can be summed up in a letter she once saw sitting on his desk.

It was from a former colleague of his at the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia.

This was years after they had worked together, reporting on coal miners.