
Be Water
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.
Be Water
January 25, 2020
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Cast (35)

Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)

Linda Lee Cadwell
Self - Wife

Sam Ho
Self - Film Critic

Jeff Chang
Self - Cultural Critic / Writer

André E. Morgan
Self - Film Producer

Doug Palmer
Self - Student / Friend

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Self - Student / Friend

Shannon Lee
Self - Daughter

Ruby Chow
Self - Family Friend

Leroy Garcia
Self - Student / Friend

Dan Inosanto
Self - Close Friend

Jesse Glover
Self - First Student / Friend

Amy Sanbo
Self - Former Girlfriend

Edison Uno
Self - Writer / Activist (archive footage)

Alex Ben Block
Self (voice) (archive sound)

Sylvia Lai
Self - Family Friend

Lee Jan-Fai
Self - Brother

Nancy Kwan
Self - Actress / Friend

Barney Scollan
Self - Student / Friend

Daniel Inouye
Self - First Japanese American Senator (archive footage)

Jay Sebring
Self (archive footage)

William Dozier
Self (archive footage)

Brandon Lee
Self (archive footage)

Diana Lee Inosanto
Self - Goddaughter

Muhammad Ali
Self (archive footage)

Frank Chin
Self - Activist / Playwright (archive footage)

Paul M. Heller
Self - Film Producer

Tom Kuhn
Self - Former Warner Bros. Executive

David Carradine
Self (archive footage)

Raymond Chow
Self - Film Director (archive footage)

Tony Liu
Self - Actor / Family Friend

Chuck Norris
Self (archive footage)

Fred Weintraub
Self - Film / TV Producer

Angela Mao Ying
Self - Actress

Rudolf Nureyev
Self (archive footage)
Crew (58)
Directing

Bao Nguyen
Director
Writing
No data availableProduction

Kristen Lappas
Producer

Bao Nguyen
Producer

Julia Nottingham
Producer

Erin Leyden
Producer

John Dahl
Executive Producer

Connor Schell
Executive Producer

Rob King
Executive Producer

Libby Geist
Executive Producer

Marquis Daisy
Producer

Brianna Brydsong
Production Assistant

Derwin Graham
Production Assistant

Lorine Plagnol
Production Manager

Emma Comans
Post Production Producer

Arthur Sharples
Production Assistant

Lucy Saephan
Production Assistant

Carolyn Mao
Production Assistant

Adam Neuhaus
Producer

Will Hulse
Production Manager

Nick Walker
Production Assistant

Brian D'Ostilio
Associate Producer

Trevor Gill
Production Assistant

Jenna Anthony
Producer

Fergus Haycock
Executive Producer

Gentry Kirby
Producer

Christian Smith
Production Assistant

Eve Wulf
Associate Producer

Laura Jones
Production Manager
Sound

Goh Nakamura
Music

Jim Choi
Sound Recordist

Paul Dateh
Musician

Art Hirahara
Musician

Nas Parkash
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nas Parkash
Dialogue Editor

Delroy Cornick
Sound Recordist

Tom Foster
Sound Effects Editor

Phil Canning
Music Supervisor

Tôn Thất An
Music
Art
No data availableCamera

Sarah Simka Jaffe
Assistant Camera

Nobuyoshi Sakurai
Assistant Camera

Coburn Erskine
Assistant Camera

Harry Heng
Assistant Camera

Rob Agulo
Assistant Camera

Jacques Lorch
Assistant Camera

Greg Hulrich
Assistant Camera

Caleb Heller
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew

Jeff Chang
Thanks

Quoc Bao Tran
Thanks

Jeff Chin
Thanks

Robert Chua
Thanks

Sam Ho
Thanks

Matthew Polly
Thanks
Editing

Andrew Daniel
Colorist

Calif Chong
Assistant Editor

Kel McKeown
Additional Editor

Graham Taylor
Editor

Caroline Hodge
Additional Editor
Lighting

Rapha Bola
Gaffer