129: Breaking Rules with Victor Kossakovsky, Kirsten Johnson & Garrett Bradley
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
English - February 11, 2021 15:58 - 52 minutes - 71.1 MB - ★★★★ - 211 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture Personal Journals interview business health entrepreneurship news comedy leadership science culture books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 128: Bao Nguyen on Bruce Lee in “Be Water”
Next Episode: 130: Jean Tsien Goes Outside Her Comfort Zone
Filmmaker Bao Nguyen profiles Bruce Lee, searching for the man behind the icon, in the ESPN documentary “Be Water.” Bao’s other films include his history of Saturday Night Live “Live from New York” and a short film about his Vietnamese-American family “Where Are You Really From?” In this interview with Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers, Bao describes his intent to place Lee’s story in the context of being Asian-American. Bao invokes the poet Ocean Vuong in reflecting on the expectations placed on Asian-American storytellers.