Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
How Hong Kong kicked off a cinematic revolution
20191h 48mNo ratings yet
- History
- Documentary
Overview
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transformed Western action cinema and inspired the birth of cultural movements such as blaxploitation, hip hop music, parkour and Wakaliwood cinema.
Keywords
- martial arts
- kung fu
- movie business
- hong kong
- hip-hop
- martial arts master
- cinema on cinema
- blaxploitation cinema
- cinema history
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 14, 2019
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- Australia, United States of America
- Production
- Screen Queensland,XYZ Films,WildBear Entertainment,Screen Canberra,The Post Lounge,WildBear Entertainment, Screen Queensland, Screen Canberra, The Post Lounge, XYZ Films
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt9169764