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Freedom's Daniel Dae Kim narrates "Linsanity"

March 25, 2013|By Kathy Lauer-Williams, Of The Morning Call

Freedom grad Daniel Dae Kim and star of CBS' reboot of "Hawaii Five-0" is the narrator for "Linsanity," the documentary about basketball sensation Jeremy Lin and his rise from obscurity to the covers of Time Magazine and Sports Illustrated to become one of the best known Asian American stars since Bruce Lee.

Although as a high school and college athlete, Lin impressed coaches with his ability, he was never offered any athletic scholarships and was undrafted out of college. But when he joined the New York Knicks as a backup,other player's injuries gave him the chance to play and the rest is history. Lin scored more points in his first five NBA starts than any other player in the modern era.

The documentary, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January, was the the first documentary in over a decade to open the Center for Asian America Media's CAAMFest, which recognizes media from Asian and Asian American artists.

Meanwhile Kim returns in a new episode of "Hawaii Five-0" today at 10 p.m. on CBS.

In "Hoa Pili," which means "close friend" Kim gets to kick some butt when threats turn deadly Dandaekimh50against a tour company that endangers the local shark population, and the team must narrow down the suspect list.

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