Be Water

105 mins
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.

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)

Caleb Heller

Director of Photography

Jim Choi

Sound Recordist

Delroy Cornick

Sound Recordist

Tom Foster

Sound Effects Editor

Nas Parkash

Dialogue Editor

Nas Parkash

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Will Hulse

Production Manager

Laura Jones

Production Manager

Lorine Plagnol

Production Manager

Rob Agulo

Assistant Camera

Rapha Bola

Gaffer

Coburn Erskine

Assistant Camera

Harry Heng

Assistant Camera

Greg Hulrich

Assistant Camera

Sarah Simka Jaffe

Assistant Camera

Jacques Lorch

Assistant Camera

Nobuyoshi Sakurai

Assistant Camera

Andrew Daniel

Colorist

Caroline Hodge

Additional Editor

Kel McKeown

Additional Editor

Phil Canning

Music Supervisor

Paul Dateh

Musician

Art Hirahara

Musician

Brianna Brydsong

Production Assistant

Trevor Gill

Production Assistant

Derwin Graham

Production Assistant

Lucy Saephan

Production Assistant

Christian Smith

Production Assistant

Nick Walker

Production Assistant

Jenna Anthony

Producer

Emma Comans

Post Production Producer

Brian D'Ostilio

Associate Producer

John Dahl

Executive Producer

Marquis Daisy

Producer

Kristen Lappas

Producer

Carolyn Mao

Production Assistant

Arthur Sharples

Production Assistant

Eve Wulf

Associate Producer

Jeff Chang

Thanks

Jeff Chin

Thanks

Robert Chua

Thanks

Sam Ho

Thanks

Matthew Polly

Thanks

Quoc Bao Tran

Thanks

Bao Nguyen

Director

Julia Nottingham

Producer

Libby Geist

Executive Producer

Rob King

Executive Producer

Connor Schell

Executive Producer

Fergus Haycock

Executive Producer

Bao Nguyen

Producer

Gentry Kirby

Producer

Erin Leyden

Producer

Adam Neuhaus

Producer

Graham Taylor

Editor

Goh Nakamura

Music

Tôn Thất An

Music

Calif Chong

Assistant Editor

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