Be Water (2020)

Directed by

Bao Nguyen

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary focuses on martial artist Bruce Lee and his time in Hong Kong making four films. It uses archival footage to tell his story and address racism in America.

archivalreflectivepersonalhistoricalbiographicalcontemplativeintimatepoignant

What happens

Be Water is a 2020 documentary film directed by Bao Nguyen. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film is about martial artist Bruce Lee. It uses significant amounts of archival footage, focusing on Lee's two years in Hong Kong spent filming four feature films. It is part of ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series and the film tackles racism in America. In a GQ interview, Nguyen talks about how this film represents protest and fits the zeitgeist, with many more Asian-American films being released as contemporaries. As of February 19, 2021, the film is on Netflix. It won the Gold List Award in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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