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Be Water

6.8 105 mins Documentary   2020
ESPN   Dorothy St Pictures   East Films  
Director(s): Bao Nguyen

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his struggles between two worlds, this portrait explores questions of identity and representation through the use of rare archival footage, interviews with loved ones and Bruce’s own writings.

Casts of Be Water

Bruce Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Linda Lee Cadwell

as Self - Wife

Shannon Lee

as Self - Daughter

Brandon Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Diana Lee Inosanto

as Self - Goddaughter

Sam Ho

as Self - Film Critic

Jeff Chang

as Self - Cultural Critic / Writer

Andre Morgan

as Self - Film Producer

Doug Palmer

as Self - Student / Friend

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

as Self - Student / Friend

Ruby Chow

as Self - Family Friend

Leroy Garcia

as Self - Student / Friend

Dan Inosanto

as Self - Close Friend

Jesse Glover

as Self - First Student / Friend

Amy Sanbo

as Self - Former Girlfriend

Edison Uno

as Self - Writer / Activist (archive footage)

Alex Ben Block

as Self (voice) (archive sound)

Sylvia Lai

as Self - Family Friend

Lee Jan-Fai

as Self - Brother

Nancy Kwan

as Self - Actress / Friend

Barney Scollan

as Self - Student / Friend

Daniel Inouye

as Self - First Japanese American Senator (archive footage)

Jay Sebring

as Self (archive footage)

William Dozier

as Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Chin

as Self - Activist / Playwright (archive footage)

Paul M. Heller

as Self - Film Producer

Tom Kuhn

as Self - Former Warner Bros. Executive

David Carradine

as Self (archive footage)

Raymond Chow

as Self - Film Director (archive footage)

Tony Liu

as Self - Actor / Family Friend

Chuck Norris

as Self (archive footage)

Fred Weintraub

as Self - Film / TV Producer

Angela Mao Ying

as Self - Actress

Rudolf Nureyev

as Self (archive footage)

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