Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
The inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion d…
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Eyes that Kiss in the Corners
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